Tooth brushing inhibits oral bacteria in dogs

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Chie NONAKA¹  Saku KIJIMA¹  Kotaro HAYASHI¹  Kazuaki YAMAZOE¹  Kazuhiro WATANABE¹ 

[1] Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Joint Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1�?1 Yanagido, Gifu 501�?1193, Japan

关键词: canine;    oral bacteria;    polishing;    scaling;    tooth brushing;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.14-0193

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(12)Cited-By(1)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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