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Originally Posted by Ellie May

A vet told me to use baking soda on Ellie before. I'm not sure if it did any good. Ellie's new vet that she goes to a sort of a dental specialist now and she likes CET toothpaste. We use the vanilla-mint flavor. We also use OraVet once a week.

I have heard good things about Petzlife (I have some here and don't use it), but then it doesn't work for some. There is also the question of whether or not you want to give your dog grain alcohol and grape seed extract everyday (of course toothpaste ingredients are probably worse). Petzlife has no reported side effects though. It is worth a try but I like toothpaste.

I asked Mocha's age because at 18 months it is no longer a puppy teeth problem so much as a buildup problem and they probably should be professionally cleaned. I never had Ellie's teeth cleaned and she developed stage 3-4 periodontal disease. Her front teeth were falling out and she had to have nine pulled. So at the first sign of needing a cleaning, please consider it.

The above is what I use on my 2. We were using Petzlife gel & spray but my kids weren't real crazy about them. I used to wipe the gel on with the edge of a wet face cloth during bath time and the spray during the week. They hate the sound of the spray! And gagged after the gel. The main thing is the brushing - you could even just use water from what my vet said. Another thing - the front teeth are what's important. For some reason they don't get too many problems with the back teeth.