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Add to cart. Clean and prevent staining, plaque deposits, and tartar buildup on the tooth surface. Supply a good level of cleaning all over the teeth through the unique shape of the kibble. Resist crumbling through fibre matrix innovation. Regular check-ups with your veterinarian when using this diet are recommended. Ingredients: Ground Maize. Ground Rice. Chicken and Turkey Meal. Cellulose Powder.
Animal Fat. Pea Bran Meal. Dried Whole Egg. Vegetable Oil. Potassium Citrate. Calcium Sulphate. Calcium Carbonate. However, the overall effect of diet on dental health appeared to be minimal at most.
Steven J. Bailey, who founded Exclusively Cats Veterinary Hospital in , states that:. Once the plaque has hardened, it seems a professional dental cleaning is the best way to get the teeth clean again….
If your vet still believes the myth of dry food and dental health which is still actively promoted by the pet food companies despite the utter lack of scientific support for the theory , here are a few references that refute the idea:.
A moist food may perform similarly to a typical dry food in affecting plaque, stain and calculus accumulation…Typical dry dog and cat foods contribute little dental cleansing. As a tooth penetrates a kibble or treat the initial contact causes the food to shatter and crumble with contact only at the coronal tip of the tooth surface…The kibble crumbles…providing little or no mechanical cleansing…. All maxillary teeth are significantly less likely to be mobile in the dry food only group, yet the mandibular first molar tooth showed the opposite effect.
J Vet Dent. Watson Diet and periodontal disease in dogs and cats. Aust Vet J. This study is fully of interesting historical items. In a study compared feeding raw whole bovine trachea, esophagus, and attached muscle and fat, vs the same food minced. Plaque and gingival inflammation were increased with the minced diet. Feeding of half an oxtail accomplished the same thing when fed weekly in another study. Prevention of periodontal disease. Vet Clin N Amer. Johnson N, Acquired feline oral cavity disease, Part 2: feline odontoclastic resorptive lesions.
In Practice. At best, we can say that dry food tends to produce slightly less tartar than canned food. For cats, the benefits of feeding canned food far outweigh any possible dental problems that may result. I can conclude with common sense from the very wise words of Bronwyn Reijnders BSc Hons who is a departmental tutor at the University of Pretonia, South Africa whose areas of expertise are Animal Science and agriculture:.
The difference? This keeps their teeth clean and provides some minerals and indigestible fibre.
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