" Dental disease in dogs, is one of the most common medical conditions, with ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ 80% ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด.
We know that ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ซ, forms when Plaque hardens on dogs' teeth ๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, such as cavities and gum disease. But studies have linked periodontal disease to even more dangerous diseases, including kidneys, liver, heart and lung diseases, diabetes complications, problems during pregnancy, and even cancer!!!
The first step to avoid Tartar buildup is to ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ on your dogs' teeth.
๐๐ฅ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ '๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ, such as rice, potatoes, dairy, pasta, bread etc.
And guess what... ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐% ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ก. Those carbs don't just keep costs down for the pet food manufacturer, they're an important part of the extrusion process. In fact, starch helps to bind the food into kibble form.
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ก!
Kibbles have long been advertised as helpful to maintain clean teeth thanks to their abrasive action. However, it would be the same as saying that humans use sugar cubes to clean their teeth because of their abrasive action!
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