Hi All, I am the original poster about the canine dental powder. I have tested this product for quite a few months now and still love it. I have some recommendations for all of you as to how to use it. First, I found that by following the directions, I was going through quite a bit of powder since I have 6 dogs so I tried some modification as to the directions for use to conserve powder without sacrificing effect. The product I use is "perio support", I get it from my vet, you can get it on Amazon at a decent price. Rather than measure, I open the sprinkle side of the container and shake it all over the top of my dogs dry food in the dish, kind of like how you would apply 10x sugar on the top of a bundt cake for aprox amount (I don't measure any more).
Initially I only gave my dogs the powder and did no brushing.... After a month I added once a week tooth brushing using a human tooth brush and CET chicken flavored doggie toothpaste... The powder had calmed the gums down enough to take the sensitivity out of brushing and I didn't get any gum bleeding doing that. Dogs love the toothpaste, it has enzyme action and they line up for me to brush their teeth... After several months now my dogs teeth and gums are looking remarkable. Most of my dogs have been professionally cleaned a couple of times over the last few years, but they all would still build very heavy tartar within a year and they all developed gingivitis very quickly in spite of brushing frequently. Three of my dogs are chinese cresteds and in spite of professional cleaning, hand scaling and brushing, they lost many teeth (typical of the breed) All my chew bones heavily and still had dental issues, we have well water and I feed a high quality food. Most of the issues were on the top upper molars but even the canines were heavy with tartar.
PS. I think by sprinkling all over the food, more gets in contact with the teeth.... my next test will be to see if it works better wetting a tooth brush and dipping the brush in the powder and applying directly to the teeth... hmmmm.
This powder is cleaning all the teeth in all of my dogs mouths and has even cleaned the horrible gross teeth on my one crested I am unable to get knocked out for a pro dental due to his heart issues. He would knock you down with his breath, and now it is sweet and his teeth are white. I can't wait to show my vet next time he goes.
Anyway... best wishes. this product has worked very well in my house. I do think it softens the tartar and the brushing once a week helps erode the tartar off. I did notice when I did a bit of hand scaling on their teeth when I groomed, that they were not sensitive and the stuff just scraped off. :yeahI used to work for a vet and did dental cleanings on dogs, this is the first over the counter product I have been impressed with enough to recommend. It works well for my guys anyway,.
