Family Practitioner Questions

Dog Licking in Mouth

About thirty years ago I let our family dog lick in my mouth and around my teeth. Would I know if I had been infected? Should I worry about a possible infection? Thank you.

Male | 61 years old

1 Answer

1st of all after 30 years nothing's gonna be a problem for you if it didn't happen already, And an infection in the mouth from another animal in this situation would probably be more like a sore throat And less likely a dental problem unless you already had dental problems. In all reality a dog's mouth is probably cleaner than most humans Which is why sometimes treat dog bites differently than I do when a human bites another person.... The human bite gets more antibiotics.