Please Note - Medical Advice
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Sooz22 said:Aww Fiona I didnt realise it had gotten so bad with your buns at the moment.
We are very lucky as Fivers is mild and diet related but I know there are some buns with a terrible problem.
Is it also true that burring can cause the roots to work loose and the teeth to eventually fall out?
Sooz22 said:He didnt develope problems until the age of 18 months...if it was genetic its likely it would have started earlier.
I saw a bun on RIN who had her bottom molars out but not her top meaning she needed more dentals to keep them down as they had nothing to wear against...and I wondered why they didnt take the whole lot out :?