Teeth off at all times?

I seem to get my hands in the dogs mouth at least once a day.

I like to be able to inspect their teeth,and my dogs seem to know what is too much when biting down.

  I had Goldens and I think some soft mouthing techniques got through to my huskies...

As long as I initiate I don't see it as a problem..

I also feel its important for me to be able to touch my dogs mouth without them worrying it. I don't think this would be possible if I had a Teeth Off At All Times Policy. I do however stop all play if teeth get involved when playing things like tug. If teeth touch my hands, All play stops. I drop whatever we were playing with and ignore them. Of course now they beat me to it. Crusher likes to "choke up"(the way you do with a bat) when we play tug and will often see just how close he can get to my hands before his teeth hit me. But as soon as he does he quits and sits back and looks at me. He knows. Its also how I make him drop something he really doesnt want to drop. Especially if I'm in a playful mood like when we play fetch. He'll try to play tug(ever try to do that with a tennis ball?) and all I have to do is wiggle my fingers into his mouth and he drops it. BF reading over my shoulder just now, pointed out that Crusher and Onyx will both love bite us when they are being especially affectionate. I don't mind so much.

I get those toothy kisses too..

 I say to Kiara"Gimmee kiss" and she jumps up am licks my nose,sometimes getting some tooth too..lol

I teach the command 'gentle' by squealing when they bit too hard as young pups. All of mine still like to hold my arm in their mouth (especially my golden) they usually do this for a short time when we are parted for a few hours or more. They also stand on my feet. Same sort of "you've been away too long, I need to touch you" body language. As said, so long as they are gentle I don't mind myself. Personal choice.

I trained my dog to never put teeth on people because I am around kids quite a bit. Kids will often cry "bite" for the tiniest nibble and I want no misunderstandings with parents and such.
 
This hasn't messed with her bite inhibition with other dogs at all. In fact, while she definitly mouths other dogs, she doesn't bite down at all.

In play I have a "no teeth on skin" rule.  With greetings it's different.  I enjoy a nose and ear nibbled greeting.  And there are times when I am in the middle of a wrestle-fest with both of them and when Gaia mistakes me for Xerxes, she will quickly reassign her mouth. 

(When I say a wrestle-fest, I'm not playing rough with them-all three of us are jockeying for the "highest head" position.  It's a fun game when you've got long necks like mine.)

I am working on implementing a "teeth off at all times" policy. I didn't have one to begin with because Rascal has a very soft mouth and it never bothered me when he "chewed on me" for play. But as Jewlieee pointed out, other people aren't always so appreciative.

One of my dog-phobic friends once had Rascal on her lap and was rubbing him on the shoulder, and as he's pretty small, all but the gentlest of rubs can seem like an invitation to "play wrestle." So he rolled on his back, started waving his paws around in the air, opened his mouth, and eventually put his mouth on her hand. No pressure at all, of course. Still, she was terrified. She screamed, jumped up in the air, and wouldn't come near him for several days. He wasn't too happy either! Bad, bad management on my part! After that I decided that for my visitors' sake I needed to change my policy.

My pup was a little sore a few days ago (she climbed on top of her kennel and fell off...crazy dog). As I was touching her to figure out where she was hurting she would reach back and put her teeth on my hand...kind of like a human pulling a hand away to say "That hurts me." I found it useful to see where she's hurt, because she doesn't bite down at all...just lays her teeth on me. If she bites down she gets told not to bite. I think there is a middle ground. I think a dog could understand gradations of force with their jaw

(btw...my puppy's fine...just some hurt pride and sore muscles)