First things first. When we talk about canine dental wellness or oral hygiene, we’re thinking about tartar, plaque, and also bits of food that can get stuck in your dog or puppy’s mouth. Kibble alone will not completely be able to guarantee your puppy or dog’s dental health. What a crunchy kibble or rough texture such as those in some of the Pedigree dog food reviews above can do, is help to get rid of some of the plaque that’s building up around the uppermost parts of your dog’s teeth. In this way, you’ll be helping your puppy or dog to fight off its accumulation using mechanical means.
For a more complete approach to dental health, it’s not a bad idea to give your dog a meaty bone! These should be uncooked, and you should try to avoid bones that may splinter- such as thigh bones from cows and bigger animals that will generally be weaker from supporting the animal’s weight all its life. Chewing on a rough bone will help your dog in the same way that a rougher kibble will do, except that bones have a little give in the sense that they can reach around his teeth and access those harder-to-reach spots.