Yes, Your Dog May Need Dental Braces

A dog with braces on her teeth sounds funny, but this procedure can be done to prevent misaligned teeth from hurting your pup.

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Dog braces for teeth can help correct dental malocclusions that can impact a dog's health.
Malocclusion, or misaligned teeth, like on this small dog with an underbite can require dental braces so the dog can eat and drink comfortably. Credit: Oksana Chaun | Getty Images
Dog braces for teeth are all about comfort and function. After all, your dog isn’t going to get teased about a crooked smile on her school photos. Braces come into play if one or more wonky teeth are either preventing her from eating normally or are damaging the soft tissues in her mouth and causing pain.
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Kate Basedow, LVT
Kate Basedow, LVT
Kate Basedow, LVT is a long-time dog enthusiast. She grew up training and showing dogs, and is active in a variety of dog sports. She earned her Bachelors Degree in English from Cornell University in 2013, and became a licensed veterinary technician in New York in 2017. She has been writing professionally about dogs for most of her life, and has earned multiple awards from the Dog Writers' Association of America. Kate currently has three dogs at home, as well as a cat, two zebra finches, and six ducks.

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