Bailey had a teeth cleaned at the vet this spring for the first time. She turned 8 on July 1.
The vet named her pirhana mouth because she won't let anyone near her mouth when she is awake. Therefore its impossible to brush her teeth.
When she needs a pill, she gets it in a piece of banana. When she needs pepto-bismol, I use a syringe. Her teeth were pearly white for the first 7 years than due to a little tartar, she required a cleaning at the vet.
The cleaning took care of the tartar, but not her breath.