How to Clean Your Dog’s Teeth
How to Clean Your Dog's Teeth. Photo: Chibirashka/Flickr.com
Question: My dog has some tartar on his bottom teeth, but I started to brush the dog’s teeth last year. Is it completely safe to have my dog’s teeth professionally cleaned, or should I ignore it? Has anything bad ever happened to a dog during teeth cleaning? Like falling off the table, etc.? Thanks.
Answer: Pets’ teeth are cleaned when they are under anesthesia, so they can’t jump off the table.
There is always a risk with anesthesia. Luckily, there are many available safe drugs for pets. To minimize risks from these pet medications, veterinarians advise people to have blood work done before the procedure.
You want to make sure your pet doesn’t have kidney or liver problems because that can influence the anesthesia.
How to Clean Your Dog’s Teeth
It’s better to clean the teeth earlier before major gum disease or root disease occurs in the dog. It’s also good to continue to brush your pet’s teeth.
There are several products like dog dental rinse
March 28th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
If your dog has tarter on it’s teeth, you should consider having them professionally cleaned. However, if you trust your vet and he/she says that this is not necessary, I think that you can refrain from doing so.
At the expense of being barred from this site, I will make a confession. I have had dogs for forty five years and I have never ever brushed their teeth. (Regrettably they have had other health issues). Thankfully they have never had dental problems, perhaps this is due to the fact that I have always given them something healthy to chew every day. They love raw carrots, dried fish sticks and I sometimes give them RAW bones
Try giving your dog a carrot or a RAW bone and this will clean their teeth.
Just a daft thought, I brush my teeth three times a day and I still have dental problems. Should I dump my toothbrush and try raw carrots, my dog’s teeth are healthier than mine.