Feline Dental Home Care

FELINE DENTAL HOME AND PREVENTATIVE CARE

The goal of home care is to maximize the time between your pet’s professional teeth cleanings and to prevent the health risks and pain associated with dental disease.  We will help you to personalize a dental home care plan for optimal results with a combination of products for your pet.

DENTAL DIETS PROVEN TO REDUCE PLAQUE AND TARTAR
•    Hill’s Prescription Diet® Feline t/d*   (58% effective)
This diet is clinically proven to reduce buildup of tartar, plaque, and stain; it will also reduce gingivitis. Please visit www.hillspet.com/index.jsp for more information.
•    Purina Veterinary Diets® DH Dental Health™ Feline* (over 20% effective)
•    Science Diet® Oral Care Diet for Cats *

DENTAL DIETS PROVEN TO REDUCE TARTAR
•    Friskies® Feline Dental Diet*

BRUSHING/RINSING
•    CET® Toothpaste:
Flavored pastes with an enzyme to kill bacteria and also will increase your pet’s acceptance of brushing.  Used in daily brushing, these toothpastes will help prevent plaque and tartar buildup.
•    CET® Oral Hygiene Rinse:
This is an oral rinse that contains the antibacterial agents antibacterial agents in an anti-plaque formula.

Plaque prevention gel
•    OraVet®:
A waxy product that adheres to the external surface of the teeth.  Applied once to twice weekly, it has been shown to reduce plaque & calculus by 24 – 47%.  Please visit us.merial.com/index.asp for more information.

WATER ADDITIVE

Healthymouth first oral product to get VOHC seal

•    OxyFresh®
An odorless and tasteless water additive that can help prevent plaque and tartar accumulation.

TREATS
•    CET Oral Chews ®
Contains enzymes to prevent plaque formation & bacterial growth.

Please visit the VOHC website (see address below) for a complete list of approved products. *

*All products approved by the Veterinary Oral Health Council (VOHC) must prove efficacy in the reduction of plaque and/or tartar.
More information may be found at www.vohc.org.