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Originally Posted by CupofDog  My vet offers anesthesia-free dental cleanings done by a specialist. I haven't done this and am not sure how effective it would be....However, my dogs are on a raw diet (prey model style) and the crunching on the raw bones has thus far kept their teeth sparkly white and tarter free.
I do keep Petzlife on hand and use it/brush 1-2 times a month just as a supplement to ensure dental health. Between the liver problems with Yorkies and the heart problems with Cavaliers, dental health is a top priority in my house! |
my friend feeds her maltese a raw diet and they eat ground turkey necks and chew on bone marrows and her maltese are 2 and they are both going in for dentals today with the dentist we saw as they have tartar-- I think alot of it is genetics as my dad has periodontal disease as a human and had open heart surgery a year ago. They say the plaque that builds on your teeth is a sign of the plaque building up in your arteries and people with gum disease tend to have heart disease so seeing it first hand with my dad i believe it to be true. So even though demi, dee dee and dex are all 4 demi had the most plaque and horrible breath which is a huge sign of gum disease which i kept thinking digestion -uh hello another bad move - i was in big time denial and fear of anesthesia. Bad breath is kidney and gum disease btw and once you rule those out u go to digestion issues not the other way around.
It really depends on dog and why big dogs do not have gum and teeth issues yet little dogs do it is alot of times in the genetics