Dog Dental Care

Let's face the facts, your dog's breath can really be smelly. Of course, it's no surprise because they can't really brush their teeth!

Taking the right care of your pets teeth is good to get rid of bad dog breath, however a recent study revealed that there are even more important benefits - ones that may be critical to the life of your dog.

Done at Purdue University by Dr. Larry Glickman the research included the records of over 100,000 dogs. This study included a group that had periodontal disease and an equal size group that did not. It was discovered that there is a statistical link between dogs with gum disease and dogs with heart disease.

The largest connection was with a form of heart disease called endocarditis or heart valve inflammation. It was observed that 0.01 percent of dogs with NO gum disease had heart valve inflammation where 0.15 percent of those that had gum disease eventually got heart valve inflammation.

As you can imagine, making sure your dog dental needs are looked after is imperative for his long term health.

So, what is involved in quality canine dental care?

It begins with cleaning your dogs teeth. You ought to consider getting a dog toothbrush and toothpaste and setting aside time to brush your pets teeth daily. It's good to get in the habit of brushing on a daily basis. Doing this will help decrease the probability of gum disease in your pet.

If your dog already shows considerable tarter accumulation, then you will definitely want to take him to the vet for a dental scaling. Similar to when you go to the dentist for a dental cleaning, the vet can clean the plaque from your dogs teeth.

In addition there are dog chews and treats that will help with your dog dental program. Some of the chew toys like Nylabones are designed particularly to scrape off plaque while your dog is chewing on them. Other treats have enzymes to help combat bad dog breath.

Your dogs continued good health relies upon on excellent dental care. If plaque and bacteria is allowed to build up on his teeth, that could result in gum disease and also the bacteria can end up in his blood stream and bring about more serious issues in other organs, which includes his heart.

Supplying good canine dental care for your pet will help him to live a longer and healthier life. It only calls for a couple of minutes a day to brush Fido's pearly whites and the pay back is usually fresh smelling dog breath and more healthy years added to your pets life.