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Originally Posted by Ellie May  I've used it for four years. Wouldn't have a Yorkie without using it. No alcohol. It is like a wax that binds to the teeth and creates a plaque barrier. It does work. I've heard a couple problems with it on YT - one that the dog hated it and one that it didn't do much good. Haven't experienced either.
You apply it once a week, but the original app is done under anesthesia when the teeth can be dried off completely. So it's too late. But then, I started Ry on it without him being under (vet agreed that at the very worst it just won't do any good this way - not going to hurt).
Ellie had very severe periodontal disease. A very nasty mouth... She has some minimal tartar accumulation, but hasn't had a cleaning in about 4 years. For a dog with such severe mouth issues (and a Yorkie at that), it is pretty much a miracle. This and brushing is pretty much all we do.
The veterinary dentists tend to recommend it. Jackson's dentist would really be the very best source for figuring out what products to use on his teeth and what products not to use on his teeth (along with chews). It's their life. They know best. |
Thanks -- I was hoping you would see this!
Oh, shoot. I wonder if they were trying to get me to buy it ahead of time then so that they could have applied it when he was under? I wish they would have explained that a bit more to me. Oh well. I probably should have just bought it. What's another $35 when I've already spent $1300?
So it CAN be started when he's not under, though, right? Are you really supposed to "dry" the teeth as much as possible first, before
every application? That seems like it'd be a pain in the butt.
Sounds like it's helping Ellie out a lot.
I'd love to be able to avoid another dental for the next 4 years +. His teeth are so sparkly clean now and I just want to maintain them, so looking to purchase products now, in two weeks we're getting down to business and brushing once daily.
I'm looking for a product exactly for the purpose of prevention. I don't really think applying Petzlife is going to prevent much, to be honest. Maybe I'm wrong. I have probably half a bottle of the gel left. But the alcohol has always made me a bit uncomfortable, though I've never personally seen side effects.
So right now I'm looking at purchasing:
- a small tooth brush that he doesn't mind as much
- yummy toothpaste (but may just keep using what I have)
- OraVet
Brushing daily, OraVet weekly, and Proden PlaqueOff daily in food. Does this sound like good preventative measure?
I LOVED this facility. It an Animal Dental Center and you can only go there from referrals. The staff was great. I was greeted in a room with four different vets, all with different specialties. The main vet dentist was really great in explaining everything to me - showing me diagrams of the canine mouth, what it's supposed to look like, what's normal/not normal, etc. I learned quite a bit and was really fascinated by the canine mouth.
She made an interesting point that a lot of small dogs seem to have a lot more issues with teeth because often the teeth themselves are similar in size to larger dogs, and for a mouth their size, you think they would have little fox-like teeth (I think that's how she put it) but often times there's simply not enough room in the little mouths for these too-big-for-their-mouth teeth. Btw, Jackson did not have his two teeth in the VERY back. She said he was born without them... which is not totally uncommon. But I learned a lot about my own dogs mouth that I would have never known. Can't believe the found a dead tooth in the front as well (I'm pretty certain I know what it was from too, now that she said it).
Anyways... I really really loved this place and am glad I took him to a dental specialist. It was worth it for my peace of mind.