7 month old kitten bad breath, retained teeth

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My 7 month old Modern Siamese kitten has had bad breath since I got him.

I have noticed that his upper long teeth (called the k9s???) have a retained tooth on each side, so he has two of these long teeth crammed right next to each other and what looks like a small amount of tartar already developing in the crease between them. He is show  quality with the pretty elongated skull.

At what age do kittens lose their kitten teeth? I read that Siamese can have teeth issues, are retained teeth common?

How common is  this?
 
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It is very normal for a kitten who is teething to have double canines for a little while.  The baby teeth usually fall out within a few weeks after the adult teeth come in.  Since cats need their teeth all the time, nature designed it so that they don't lose baby teeth before getting adult teeth.  As long as he's eating comfortably, I wouldn't worry about it.  In nature they eat raw meat which helps those teeth come out perhaps faster than they do when we feed them either dry food, which they don't chew with their canines, or wet food which has no toughness or fiber to pull out the baby teeth.
 
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Is it normal at 7 months though?

When should I expect all of the baby teeth out?
 
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Thanks for the article.

Im kicking myself now for not having the vet look at them - he was just in for a neuter and she already had him knocked out on the table for that. I guess I will have to take him back in another month or  so if they are still retained.
 
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