I honestly don't see where kibble does
anything to help the teeth. Lilo was fed solely a kibble diet for the first six years of her life. She had been on Beneful first and then was switched to Iams. Then, she was fed Chicken Soup... I think. And her teeth are
horrible. There is a lot of plaque on them, some of them are filed down, her teeth are just plain ugly. Chance has also been on a kibble diet most of his life. He was fed raw many moons ago. And, back then, his teeth were wonderful and his breath, also, smelled wonderful. Now that he's been eating kibble (he's on a cheap brand, I admit- when I found out about quality- he was too old to switch. He eats Field Trial.) and his teeth are completely filed down and brown and yellow and ugly. However, Cinnamon has been on a canned/kibble diet all her life and she's four turning five this September and her teeth are
beautiful. Sometimes I also brush her teeth with baking soda. And, that helps.
Anyway, I feed homecooked to most of my dogs. And, they do great on it. However, I do feed a combination of kibble and canned. They get one can/half can (depending on size) in the morning and in the evening they get some kibble with homecooked on top (still weaning them off) and, if I had to cut one out of the diet completely, it would be kibble. Canned has more nutrients, more protein and my dogs are actually enthusiastic to eat it.
