«Erosion from GERD is typically on
the tongue side of the teeth,» says Haberkamp.
Proper cleaning of the teeth requires complete cooperation of the patient so that tartar on the cheek and
tongue sides of the teeth may be removed.
Don't bother
the tongue side of the teeth or focus too much on the motion.
Not exact matches
Additional ridges or «
tooth marks» on the
sides of the swollen
tongue are evidence
of excess cold in the digestive system, which is often due to a lack
of warming foods in the diet.
4) The person cleaning your pet's
teeth, won't be able to clean the
side facing their
tongue because they can't properly clean those
sides of the
teeth unless the pet's mouth is propped open.
The
side of the
tooth adjacent to their cheeks is always worse that the
side adjacent to their
tongues.
Even IF an excellent licensed veterinary technician attempts the procedure, the best he or she could do would be to get the OUTSIDE
of the
teeth done; the inside, meaning the
side on
side where the
tongue is, is out
of reach to cleaning because animals will not tolerate having their mouth held open that wide,
tongue moved to the
side, and scraping under their tender gumline.
One
side of her lip couldn't be drawn together, so for the rest
of her life she will have a gap that displays her
teeth and
tongue, but as she doesn't know this, it doesn't matter.
The majority
of the lesions are on the outer (cheek) surface
of the
tooth, however they can also seen on the inside (
tongue)
side of the
tooth as well.
These areas are generally worse because saliva flows less here and the
tongue doesn't come in contact with these
sides of the
teeth.
Since plaque and tartar begin forming on the outside (cheek) surfaces
of the
teeth, it is usually not necessary to open the mouth and brush the
tongue side.
Instead, he told me about his pug, who got so depressed when his brother (pug) died that all his black markings went grey, all his
teeth fell out and his
tongue started flopping out the
side of his mouth.