Dental Teeth checks for recovered dental pigs

[PigglePuggle]

I was wondering how often people get their recovered dental pigs teeth checked, just in case they start to overgrow again?
Blodwen had her dental surgery at the end of November and clearly has no problems now as she's gained over 200g and grown a lot bigger (she's a chubby little kilo of piggy now!) And she's constantly eating hay.
But obviously its something I want the vet to keep an eye on as her jaw was misaligned and she had 6 back teeth filed down... is it time for a check-up, 3 months after a successful dental?

 

[Wiebke]

I was wondering how often people get their recovered dental pigs teeth checked, just in case they start to overgrow again?
Blodwen had her dental surgery at the end of November and clearly has no problems now as she's gained over 200g and grown a lot bigger (she's a chubby little kilo of piggy now!) And she's constantly eating hay.
But obviously its something I want the vet to keep an eye on as her jaw was misaligned and she had 6 back teeth filed down... is it time for a check-up, 3 months after a successful dental?

Initially ideally every 2-4 weeks with gradually lengthening intervals for burring away any spurs before they can really get going and for helping to rebalance the whole dental system depending on how badly it has been affected.

Latest as soon as you notice the very first signs of regrowth like slower chewing, being more picky about what to eat (usually picking the softer veg over the harder ones), slanted or jagged incisor edges indicating a problem at the back, dropping food and weight loss and salivating when it becomes more advanced, which can happen rather quickly.

 

[Bill & Ted]

I notice when Ted needs a dental as he starts avoiding hay and starts to gag at food or take longer to eat it. He also pulls some really strange faces while he’s eating. It is about 3 months since Ted’s last dental but he seems to be eating absolutely fine at the moment so will wait and see. He’s been a really good boy eating lots of hay, so maybe that’s helped keep his teeth down (he has a strange peg tooth next to one of his pre-molars which doesn’t have anything to wear against, so it’s not really typical but then they are all different! Just take it week by week x

 

[PigglePuggle]

Blodwen had 2 post-op checkups, 4 days then 2 weeks after her dental, and the vet was happy there wasnt anything else to do, she's been eating fine and steadily gaining lots of weight and nom nom nomming big piles of timothy hay every day, I just wondered if it was something that might recur from a misaligned jaw how long until that might show up- I'd rather the vet spotted it well before she stops eating!
I'll book her in for a check-up soon anyway, just in case.

 

[Betsy]

Sounds like a plan @PigglePuggle you don't want teeth problems again or rather Blodwen doesn't!