Removing tartar - what have you tried?

[ludo]

Not sure if this belongs under grooming or health so please move if I've got it wrong mods 

I have spotted some slight tartar on two upper back molars tonight     This is made all the more frustrating because I clean Dax's teeth every day with a toothbrush and logic toothgel    I want to shift this and prevent further build up.

Does anyone have any ideas how to remove it safely - although Dax comes running when the toothbrush comes out (more to do with the taste of the gel  than anything else) I don't know if he will tolerate having his teeth scraped though I'm going to try to get him used to this with a safety scaler when it arrives.

He gets raw bones but not every day (apart from in chicken wings)

Have any of you used any products that shift it - I've ordered Dentu Valu from petcetera etc plus am going to try enzymatic toothpaste instead of the gel to avoid further build up 

Many thanks. 

[sabrino]

I am interested in this as I have spotted some on some of Milo's teeth.

[KellyS]

Raw marrow bones I have found are the best thing to use and then now and again I tidy them up very carefully with a descaler.

[Mundyboy]

I shifted a build up of tartar on Mundy's teeth with an animal descaler (much the same as a dentist would use) and for Jenni, a much younger dog I used baking powder on a clean cloth.  I also waved the descaler around her mouth so she could see it did not hurt her and hope if it becomes necessary to use it she will accept it.

[Smudgesmum]

Hi
Cleaning Smudge's teeth with a toothbrush and toothpaste from the vet and I also use Plaque off but it is such a slow job Where do you get descalers from please? 

[Mundyboy]

Hi
Cleaning Smudge's teeth with a toothbrush and toothpaste from the vet and I also use Plaque off but it is such a slow job Where do you get descalers from please? 

I had very good service from diamondedge@btclick.com  I use the double edge descaler.  (The grooming combs for a spaniel proved more of a success than those from P@H as did the 46 teeth thinning scissors but do look carefully at the price of these).

[ludo]

I shifted a build up of tartar on Mundy's teeth with an animal descaler (much the same as a dentist would use) and for Jenni, a much younger dog I used baking powder on a clean cloth.  I also waved the descaler around her mouth so she could see it did not hurt her and hope if it becomes necessary to use it she will accept it.

Hi - Does the baking powder actually remove the tartar?  Think is I've been using toothpaste from the get go on a daily basis - its those little nooks that you can't always see when brushing because he is soooooo busy trying to eat the paste its hard to get a good view    I've ordered a scaler from Petcetera etc - its a safety one so I hope he will let me chip away at the tartar to get rid of it - we shall see.   

[Mundyboy]

 

[Countrygirl]

OH regularly cleans and de-scales Ellie's teeth with a de-scaling tool.  He used to do this for our last cocker Sophie.  She lived until she was 14 and when and I took her for her boosters, etc., particularly when she was older,  if it was a different vet they used to look in her mouth, look at me, look back in her mouth, then check her records to see if she had been in there to have her teeth cleaned, then look back at her teeth, then look back at me and ask 'do you clean her teeth'.  We went through this several times.

Her teeth were pearly white with no tartar build up right until she died.  Mind you, OH is fanatical about his own teeth.  He can't eat anything at all without flossing and he treats Ellie's teeth similar to his own.

[ludo]

OH regularly cleans and de-scales Ellie's teeth with a de-scaling tool.  He used to do this for our last cocker Sophie.  She lived until she was 14 and when and I took her for her boosters, etc., particularly when she was older,  if it was a different vet they used to look in her mouth, look at me, look back in her mouth, then check her records to see if she had been in there to have her teeth cleaned, then look back at her teeth, then look back at me and ask 'do you clean her teeth'.  We went through this several times.

Her teeth were pearly white with no tartar build up right until she died.  Mind you, OH is fanatical about his own teeth.  He can't eat anything at all without flossing and he treats Ellie's teeth similar to his own.

Thats really good!!  Our descaler arrived today - it is a safety one.  I have managed to get most of the tartar off in one sitting - there is a little bit in the deep crevice in each molar which needs to come off yet so I'll have another do tomorrow - he was a good as gold  and didn't mind a bit    He loves having his teeth cleaned but he eats the toothpaste as fast as I can get it into his mouth 

Thanks everyone for your tips.   

[KellyS]

mine love having there teeth cleaned they get all excited when they see the descaler coming out

[*Jay*]

Mine love having their teeth cleaned with their doggy electric toothbrush and toothpaste but I haven't been able to get anywhere near them with my descaler 

[loppylugs]

iv,e been using "plaq-off"it works by going into the blood stream and coming out in the saliva in the mouth,certain elements then break up the unwanted tarter/plaque.

[ludo]

Mine love having their teeth cleaned with their doggy electric toothbrush and toothpaste but I haven't been able to get anywhere near them with my descaler 

I didn't know there was such a thing as an electric toothbrush for dogs - is it good?