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Dogs and Cats do have toothaches! Dental pain is real- However, We can resolve the problem!
1.Cats and dogs rarely tell us when they have severe dental pain. They quietly suffer, often enduring pain that would have us curled up in a ball calling for our mommies without giving us even one sign! Waiting until they show us that it hurts usually means that they will be subjected to months or years of chronic pain before it becomes so bad that they can’t hide it any more.
2. The reason for this type of behavior is simple: dogs and cats evolved for tens of thousands of years in the wild. Those who could not carry on life normally when in pain were killed. They never got a chance to reproduce.
3. Think about it! What happens to a dog in the wild whose bad teeth hurt so much that it can’t chew meat off a bone? It gets weak and dies, or is killed. What happens to a cat who starts meowing because its teeth hurt? All the mice run away and it starves, or the noise attracts the attention of a predator and it gets eaten.
4. Thus dogs and cats who experience severe dental pain usually appear normal to our eyes. They compensate for the pain until it becomes unbearable. Only then are they unable to hide it any longer. Too bad we didn't do something about it before it got to that point
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 Don't you think that might be just a little painful?
Signs of Dental Pain in animals:
1. Circling to the side of an abcess.
2. Chewing on one side (side with no pain - there will be a build up of tartar on the bad side)
3. Not chewing food.
4. Rubbing face on inanimate objects.
5. Not wanting anyone to touch the face/mouth.
6. Aggression.
7. Dropping objects.
8. Presence of red gums, fractured teeth...
9. Waking up under anesthesia when a sensitive spot on the tooth is touched.
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