Why dental and anti parasitic care is so important for your dog

A dog showing its teeth, means for the attacker: "Present yourself! I'm heavily armed! "This gesture is not very impressive if just smelly brown pins are visible. The teeth of the dog are his hunting eating tools at the same time, which is why healthy teeth and dental care for the dog is vital. If he swallows his food whole, he loses nutrients and large pieces of food can cause intestinal problems, vomiting, and a seemingly harmless inflammation of the gums can become a deadly danger. Typical warning signs of bad teeth in dogs are bad breath, yellowish-brown plaque, gingivitis, bloody saliva, excessive drooling and loss of teeth. Even if your dog eats hard food items such as dry food, or no longer wants to chew, you should be aware of this. Therefore, you take the best dental care from the beginning with a daily program schedule, so it does not ever get that far.

Your dog has specialized teeth, and needs good dental care 

Internal and external parasites like dog fleas should be avoided with proper treatment.From the third to the sixth month of life is the change of teeth, the puppy loses her sharp baby teeth. No chair leg, no shoe is then safe from their nibbling, so they speed up the often painful loss of teeth. After the change of teeth, the dog has 42 teeth, which are typically arranged for meat eaters, as scissor bite. 12 incisors, 4 canines, 16 premolars and molars,  10 of which serve your dog for seizing, grasping, seizing and killing the prey. In some breeds it is by breeding that there is a misalignment of teeth. In dogs with short snouts, the muzzle often is too small for the number of teeth, which can lead to a non-precipitation of the canines and thus lead to malocclusion in the permanent dentition, or to periodontitis, because the self-cleaning mechanisms no longer have a scissors bite. Dogs with a lot of movement are less affected by periodontitis because the activity promotes salivation, and has the tooth-cleaning effect.

Dental care protects the dog from pain and disease

About 85% of three year old dogs have dental problems, which usually begin with the formation of soft plaque. It is caused by food debris and bacteria that accumulate in the mouth. With the minerals from the saliva they become tartar. Soft plaque can be removed by the owner, but the veterinarian must remove tartar with ultrasound under general anesthesia. If the bacteria have gotten into the mouth, they attack the gums and form gum pockets in which billions of germs can grow. Gums and bone recedes and the tooth falls out. In the worst case the germs are more aggressive and get into the blood and attack the heart and kidneys. A "harmless" gum disease may thus be the trigger for malignant diseases. Through regular dental care you can protect your dog from it. Once there is existing tartar however, it must be removed by the vet.