Dog Breath:
How Often Should I Brush My Dog’s Teeth
& How Should I Do
Sam Lees
Your dog's dental health is
Signs Of Oral Health Problems.
paramount to his general health. In
The first visible sign that your dog has
the wild, an unhealthy mouth
an oral problem is that he has trouble
normally means certain death - with
or discomfort eating.
no ability to eat or hunt, the wild
dog will simply starve to death,
Other signs included excessive
that's if one of the many infections
drooling, unusual chewing but most
caused by gum and tooth disease
tellingly, offensive breath. Your dog may
doesn't get to him first.
have naturally unpleasant breath, so
Fortunately for our own dogs, if they
look out for any changes to the breath.
have an oral health problem, we can
It may go from the traditional 'meaty'
rectify it for them, but isn't it always
smell, to something more unusual.
better to prevent rather than cure?
What Can I Do?
There are many different oral health
problems that can affect the domestic
Dog owners are fortunate
dog - from broken, chipped or loose
in that they have lots of
teeth right the way through to gum
options. Regular oral care
cancer and everything else in
is easy and relatively cheap.
between.
Some of the more common oral
ailments include gingivitis and dental
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abscesses. These can often lead to
more serious problems for your dog in
a general sense. Essentially there are
two conclusions for untreated oral
problems - chronic eating problems
which could lead to malnutrition or at
worse, starvation or oral infections
that eventually spread through the
rest of the body, leading to all manner
of medical complications.
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