Effectiveness of Dental Homecare Protocols in Unscaled Dogs.

Autor:	Gawor J; Klinika Weterynaryjna ARKA, Krakow, Poland., Jank M; Department of Pre-clinical Sciences and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland., Harvey CE; School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and Colin Harvey LLC Consulting Service, Cherry Hill, NJ, USA., Nicolas CS; Global Marketing and Market Development Department, Virbac Group, Carros, France.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of veterinary dentistry [J Vet Dent] 2024 Nov 25, pp. 8987564241292769. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 25.
DOI:	10.1177/08987564241292769
Abstrakt:	Many dental homecare products are marketed, several of which have been evaluated using a "clean tooth" protocol (the teeth are scaled at the start of the trial). The efficacy of dental products in dogs that have not had their teeth professionally cleaned ("dirty tooth model") has been studied far less often. Some dogs for which professional dental cleaning is indicated will not have their teeth cleaned because of anesthetic risk or for other reasons. In this study, 6 dental homecare products were evaluated against a negative control group; none of the dogs received professional dental cleaning at the start of the study. The home care protocols tested were: brushing every other day using a toothpaste, feeding a dental chew once daily (VF), adding a water additive in the water daily (AQ), brushing once a week + VF daily, brushing once a week + AQ daily, VF + AQ daily. Dental deposits (plaque and calculus) and periodontal health were assessed on awake dogs, before and after receiving the assigned homecare regimen for 8 weeks. Results were compared with an untreated control group. Dental deposits were reduced by regular mechanical action (brushing or VF daily). Periodontal health status was improved when AQ daily was combined with either brushing once a week or VF daily. Two scoring techniques useful for determining a recommendation from a veterinarian to commence home oral hygiene or recommend dental scaling as a necessary first step are described. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe authors declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Celine S. Nicolas is a Virbac SA employee, and Jerzy Gawor and Colin Harvey received financial support from Virbac SA. The remaining author declared that he has no conflict of interest.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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