A black "sack" hanging from his tooth? please help!

[babiehammer]

Okay, so my little hammer is just under 6 months old. A few weeks ago we had a black "sack" hanging off of one teeth on the bottom from. We took him to the groomer and all of a sudden it was gone. His breath was CONSTANTLY smelling! The groomer never said anything about it (she was gone by the time we went to pick him up @ Petco.)

A few weeks have gone by and his breath was finally smelling good. (Even after we would brush him, he still smelled when that thing was in there.) NOW, i noticed in that same spot that his gum is like a grayish color and his breath REEKS again.

What could this be? The black sack never bothered him, he didnt even know it was there. And this doesnt seem to bother him either. He is eating normally and acting normal.

Please help?!? Any ideas?!

[xnatalie]

Originally Posted by babiehammer

Okay, so my little hammer is just under 6 months old. A few weeks ago we had a black "sack" hanging off of one teeth on the bottom from. We took him to the groomer and all of a sudden it was gone. His breath was CONSTANTLY smelling! The groomer never said anything about it (she was gone by the time we went to pick him up @ Petco.)

A few weeks have gone by and his breath was finally smelling good. (Even after we would brush him, he still smelled when that thing was in there.) NOW, i noticed in that same spot that his gum is like a grayish color and his breath REEKS again.

What could this be? The black sack never bothered him, he didnt even know it was there. And this doesnt seem to bother him either. He is eating normally and acting normal.

Please help?!? Any ideas?!

Could it be some type of fungus in his mouth? Do you have a picture of it?

[ArmaniMan]

I would have him seen by a vet.

There could be some kind of infection in his mouth and you really want to get that cleared up as soon as possible.

[babiehammer]

He wont sit still long enough.. ill try and take a picture right now =)

If its a fungus, how would you get rid of it (besides the obvious vet trip). Any at home remedies?

[xnatalie]

Originally Posted by babiehammer

He wont sit still long enough.. ill try and take a picture right now =)

If its a fungus, how would you get rid of it (besides the obvious vet trip). Any at home remedies?

I have no idea, I've never had to deal with anything like that. Fungus just came to mind when you described it as a sack and said it smelled, but didn't bother him otherwise.. Your best and safest bet would be seeing a vet, because it could be something more dangerous

[babiehammer]

http://i42.tinypic.com/k1c29v.jpg

this was the best i could get.. sorry its so dark. My boyfriend said it looks like a fungus to him. Ill be calling the vet tomorrow.

[Britster]

Does he have retaining baby teeth?

Jackson had a fungus looking thing stuck in between his baby canine and adult canine before the teeth were removed. It looked like your baby's (from what I can see). Usually retained baby teeth are removed during the neuter.

See how he had the 2 teeth together, you can sort of see the fungus looking stuff.

It went away once baby teeth were removed.

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by babiehammer

http://i42.tinypic.com/k1c29v.jpg

this was the best i could get.. sorry its so dark. My boyfriend said it looks like a fungus to him. Ill be calling the vet tomorrow.

Are you saying he still has it? It could very well have been a capped tooth.

[xnatalie]

Originally Posted by babiehammer

http://i42.tinypic.com/k1c29v.jpg

this was the best i could get.. sorry its so dark. My boyfriend said it looks like a fungus to him. Ill be calling the vet tomorrow.

I just lightened it a little on my computer, and I would say it looks like a fungus to me.. I'm not sure how you could safely remove that for good by yourself, especially from his mouth, so definitely leave that up to the vet. Keep us updated on what you find out!!

[xnatalie]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

Are you saying he still has it? It could very well have been a capped tooth.

Just wondering, what exactly is a capped tooth in dogs? I always thought that was just when dentists put crowns or fake teeth to make your teeth stronger, or look better or whatever.

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by xnatalie

Just wondering, what exactly is a capped tooth in dogs? I always thought that was just when dentists put crowns or fake teeth to make your teeth stronger, or look better or whatever.

Not the same in canines. Sometimes adult teeth erupt under the baby tooth, but never completely pushing the baby tooth up and out .....that's what's known as a capped tooth. But, most of the time, it happens further back in the mouth. But, the odor his horrid.

[xnatalie]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

Not the same in canines. Sometimes adult teeth erupt under the baby tooth, but never completely pushing the baby tooth up and out .....that's what's known as a capped tooth. But, most of the time, it happens further back in the mouth. But, the odor his horrid.

That's interesting, I never knew that before thanks for posting that. Does it smell bad because the inside of the baby tooth rots?

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by xnatalie

That's interesting, I never knew that before thanks for posting that. Does it smell bad because the inside of the baby tooth rots?

That and because food gets in between.

[yorkielady06]

Mary you sure get around..lol
I learn alot from reading here and you are on most of those posts...
My little girl Emma that was recently spayed and had a mouthful of baby teeth removed. She had that (capped) on the furthest back teeth and her breath was horrid.
To the OP did you get to the vet?

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by yorkielady06

Mary you sure get around..lol
I learn alot from reading here and you are on most of those posts...
My little girl Emma that was recently spayed and had a mouthful of baby teeth removed. She had that (capped) on the furthest back teeth and her breath was horrid.
To the OP did you get to the vet?

Yeah! Somedays I do and that's with grooming and training dogs inbetween....and then sometimes I can be gone for days and even weeks, been a couple of times a was gone for months.....