Taking Care of Your Dog’s Dental Health

Dental care.

It’s one of the earliest examples of responsibility you may remember from your childhood. As a child, the importance of taking care of your teeth, brushing and using toothpaste was drilled over and over, not just by your parent or guardian but also by the Elementary school system. You may remember cartoons about dental heroes fighting plaque monsters. The lesson was this:

Brush your teeth twice a day and you’ll keep the cavities away.

As it turns out, dental care is just as important for your dog as it is for you! Sadly, many dog owners do not know this or feel that it is not a necessary part of their pet’s grooming regimen. This couldn’t be further from the truth! Dogs are also susceptible to the havoc that plaque can wreak on gums, dental health, and overall health! Smelly breath is not just an uncomfortable odor from your pet, but a sign that something else has gone awry.

For the responsible pet owner that has decided to take their dog’s dental care into their own hands, a question often remains: what should I use?

Many people opt to try dental chews for their convenience. But are they effective? How do they compare to say, brushing your dog’s teeth yourself? Today, we’ll seek to answer that question by looking at the benefits of each.

Using Dental Chews for Smelly Breath

While there are some experienced and proactive dog owners that choose to take care of their dog’s teeth for the principle of it, many owners don’t consider the issue unless something else, such as stinky breath, has manifested itself and caused them to question what is going on in their dog’s mouth.

Dental chews are one of the first things people try when attempting to remedy the problem that is (usually) caused by buildup of bacteria.

Dental treats work by providing an abrasive element to the act of chewing something that dogs are very fond of. In other words, they clean teeth by simply letting your pet do what they do best, gnaw on something.

Dental chews provide:

  • A reasonable amount of plaque reduction
  • Convenience
  • A fun activity for your pet

However, that is where their benefits end. There is a major downside to using dental chews for keeping your pet’s teeth and gums clean: they’re not thorough. They make for an excellent addition to your pet’s oral care routine, but they can’t replace a good ‘ol fashioned brushing—especially for small dog breeds that often have more crowded mouths and smaller teeth where plaque can grow.

Brushing Your Dog’s Teeth using Vegan Dog Toothpaste

We developed our vegan dog toothpaste for brushing your dog’s teeth because we truly believe it is the best way to keep your dog’s breath smelling fresh and their oral health in top shape. In terms of keeping your dog’s oral health in tip-top shape, there’s no better tool than the good old fashioned toothbrush and toothpaste.

Brushing yields superior benefits to your pet by:

  • Removing plaque more efficiently on the surface of their teeth
  • Massages gums for oral health and blood flow
  • Toothbrushes reach hard to reach spots that dental chews cannot
  • Products such as Gentle Earth’s vegan dog toothpaste provide additional benefits from powerful holistic ingredients

That last point is especially important! Our toothpaste contains many beneficial ingredients such as bentonite clay, diatomaceous earth, coral calcium, and more! These ingredients are not only there to assist with the cleaning process, but provide many holistic benefits to your pet’s overall health.

If you’ve never brushed your dog’s teeth, have no fear, we have instructions here to make the process simple and easy to perform.

Best Organic Dog Toothpaste

Gentle Earth Pets’ organic dog toothpaste offers a potent holistic combination of ingredients that are sure to fight plaque and improve your dog’s health and wellness. Worried about whether your dog will let you brush their teeth? Dab a bit of our cinnamon or spearmint toothpaste on your finger and let them have a taste, we’re confident they’ll love the taste of it! For pickier dogs, we offer an unflavored variety as well.

Our mission at Gentle Earth is not just to provide products and supplements that truly help the wellness of your pet, but to also give back a portion of our proceeds to the Soi Dog foundation, which has helped managed the stray population in Thailand as well as educate on the cruelties of the meat trade.

Contact us today if you have any questions about our products, your order, or what we do to help ensure our products are as earth-friendly as possible.