Tooth brushing inhibits oral bacteria in dogs
2015
Watanabe, K. (Gifu University, Gifu (Japan). Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Joint Department of Veterinary Medicine, Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery) | Hayashi, K. | Kijima, S. | Nonaka, C. | Yamazoe, K.
In this study, scaling, polishing and daily tooth brushing were performed in 20 beagle dogs, and the number of oral bacteria was determined using a bacterial counter. The dogs were randomized into the scaling (S), scaling + polishing (SP), scaling + tooth daily brushing (SB) and scaling + polishing + tooth daily brushing (SPB) groups. Samples were collected from the buccal surface of the maxillary fourth premolars of the dogs immediately after scaling and every week thereafter from weeks 1 to 8. Throughout the study, the number of bacteria was significantly lower in the SB and SPB groups compared with the S group. The findings suggest that daily tooth brushing inhibited oral bacterial growth in the dogs.
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