Yes, my wonderful male Nicky had that problem for many years. I just recently
lost him at 16 1/2.

It got to a point where his teeth had to be cleaned at least once a year. Usually at that time they would end up pulling one or two teeth. If you looked at his teeth you
could see the redness around the gums quite
easily. At one such visit the Vet removed three of the small teeth between his lower eye teeth as well as two other teeth. It solved a lot of his problems for several years until one by one he would lose his teeth. He still ate his food and didn't seem to have that much difficulty.