Cat's lower lip getting caught on canine tooth after extraction
When an upper canine tooth is removed, the lower canine can trap or bite the lower lip because the opposing tooth is no longer there to keep it in place. This leaves owners wondering whether the anatomical issue will resolve on its own or require further veterinary dental intervention like filing or surgery.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Filing down the lower canines
- 2Waiting for the lip to settle and heal
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.