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Dog teeth only have to last about 15 years.
Also dogs aren’t drinking soda, eating candy bars, or chugging orange juice.
Well mine didn’t anyhow, idk about some of y’all.
I feel judged
:(
I mean, yeah
I wish I only had to last that long
I once said that in a meeting and forgot I was in a work environment. Had to backpedal and explain I was joking.
i really wish they made those chewing sticks for humans, chewing on a rubbery stick sounds amazing to my autistic mind
like that would instantly take me from middling tooth health to best teeth in the game, i’d be chewing those shits day in day out to the point that the dentist has to tell me to cut it down, not to mention how great it would be for jaw strength!
They actually do make those for people with sensory needs. They look like Lego’s and are on a lanyard
Please be conscientious if you choose to use a coping method like this. Some estimates put misophonia as prevalent as affecting 1 in 5 people. Your chewing on something to calm yourself down may be setting off full fight or flight in the person next to you.
Flight, they’re now my prey
That’s why I brush my teeth before having my bacon and eggs with coffee.
That’s why I brush my teeth before drinking my orange juice.
Leave your degraded self-loathing to yourself and don’t make us partake!
Psst, the real life hack is to drink tons of coke so that they all fall out and you can get a permanent artificial set installed as soon as possible
You joke but that kind of used to he a thing. People used to get their teeth pulled and get dentures just because it was assumed their teeth would rot out at some point anyways.
…followed by chewing aluminum foil for iron.
I prefer Indium.
out of a metal tumbler 🤤
You gotta try brushing your teeth and then drinking chocolate milk. It’s delicious
Hmmmm. Never tried that. Thanks for the suggestion. Will give that a shot
Grapefruit is better. It just hits different.
Brushing your teeth before you eat is like wiping your butt before you poop.
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen chewing gum advertised this way.
Yeah but the US dental association forced them to stop saying that it’s as good as flossing. It’s still good, just not that good.
Not as good as flossing but better than nothing*
*depending on sugar content that is
If it has Xylitol, it’s actually pretty good because it kills the bacteria that cause cavities.
i don’t think i’ve ever seen (non-candy) gum that has sugar in it
then again wrigley has an almost total monopoly on non-candy gum…
Probably because dogs only live like 10-15 years. Their little gnashers don’t have to last quite so long… Then again they also like to chew up wood n shit so I suppose they go through a lot.
Those don’t do shit, it’s a scam
Source?
Anecdotal. During my dog’s checkup’s they always say he has too much plaque and we can use those treats that clean their teeth. We’ve tried several different brands and they’ve never helped at all.
One thing, does your dog actually crack the treats or can it swallow them whole? We thought the same thing with our large (not overweight, but still 16 lb) cats. Gave them daily dental treats, vet kept saying teeth are bad.
We switched to a new vet during a move who explicitly pointed that out to us, if they aren’t actually chewing on and cracking them it does nothing. Got the same treat just made larger, way less dental issues.
He chews them.
Anecdotally, they at least make my dog’s breath smell slightly better which makes him smell better since he licks himself
Have you tried these? They’re the best ones I’ve found and my dog has to chew on them for days.
No, I’ll look into those.
Here’s a list of VOHC approved dental chews and other dental stuff. I buy Virbac chews, but brushing their teeth daily is obviously best
I don’t know about dogs, but treats certainly don’t do any good for cats, so the advice is to brush cat teeth every day https://www.cats.org.uk/cats-blog/should-i-clean-my-cats-teeth
Veggiedent chews seem to work ok for tartar control. I’m sure they prob don’t work as well brushing of course.
There use to be gum with toothpaste grit and mouth wash in them.
in finland most of our gum just has xylitol in it
Don’t give it to your dog.
We kinda do, we have the chewing sticks like mishwak
What is that?
A small stick from the toothbrush tree (no kidding). You could also use other types of wood, like apple, pear or lemon tree. Or even licorice root.
Chewing on a stick is healthy for me?
chewing is generally healthy, we live in an age where most food is extremely soft compared to how it’s been for most of human history (how many people sit gnawing on bones?), so our jaws could use some exercise.
Flossing is basically the same thing.
It’s a stick
Doesn’t Xylitol gum help do that?
Which if you give to a dog will kill it.
But their teeth will look great
Bitch ain’t heard of spearmint gum?
spearmint is vile
A carrot works pretty well.
There’s these toothpaste tablets/pills, which you put into your mouth, bite on them and then they turn into toothpaste for brushing.
When I first saw those, I also thought, they’d somehow clean your teeth without brushing. Like, maybe they’re one of those fizzy tablets, which I believe exist for cleaning fake dentures. Or when I then read that you bite on them, I thought, maybe they’re like special chewing gum. But yeah, it’s just toothpaste without the water.
Once I chewed a vitamin C tablet that looked like a TUMS. It was not like a TUMS. It was intended to dissolve in a glass of water.
It started fizzling and bubbling in my mouth, activated by the moisture that was there. I started intensely foaming at the mouth and almost threw up.
Good times, 10/10
On that note, I once accidentally brushed my teeth with Deep Heating ointment.
Would not recommend or try again.
It would never have occurred to me to try this, but now you’ve piqued my curiosity…
Yeah, I was trying to find something that didn’t need water for when I’m away from a sink. Saw those tablets and thought they’d be great! Luckily I read the description.
I guess I’ll have to stick with the wisp things.
Crest beef jerky! Experience the minty flavors of the…fuckin Southwest. Yeehaw!
No one is stopping you from giving yourself a treat for succeeding with such habits.
I think teeth cleaning doggie treats are probably just marketing.
Fast food would be teeth cleaning if it wasn’t for the barest of regulations we still have in place.
