How often do your dogs have their teeth cleaned at the vets?

[wolf_Q]

So far...never. Nebo will be 6 in May and his teeth/gums look good. I brush them several times a week, sometimes every day if I'm doing good. A few months ago I had a free exam at a vet I hadn't been to and I took Nebo in. She looked at his teeth and guessed he was about a year old lol. I have a scaler and have scaled his back teeth a couple of times myself, he just gets a little bit if build-up there. His teeth aren't as white as I'd like, but thats ok, they've just yellowed a bit with age. I may get a dental done on him in a few years.

Keva is only a year old so her teeth are white, I brush them when I brush Nebo's so I don't expect to have a problem with her teeth either. I'm not sure she'd let me scale them though, she's not as cooperative as Nebo. Luckily she's always chewing on something so that helps.

Sydney will be 6 in June and she could use a professional teeth cleaning. Her teeth look pretty good on the outside because I've scaled them and my mom brushes them fairly often. But the inside edges of her teeth that I can't get to need to be cleaned, she has stinky breath. But that's up to my parents to get that done.

We learned the hard way that teeth need to be taken care of...we never did anything with Reggie or Smokey's teeth until they were so bad that most of them needed to be pulled. I won't let that happen again.

[Seravieve]

Havent ever had our three's teeth done either. Zeke has some build up, and we've contemplated it, but the Vet's never suggested having it done during the yearly check ups.

They have LOTS of rubber bones, balls and such so they do lots of chewing. Bunny has always had pretty white teeth, and Eli is just a baby.. lol. His teeth are very clean as well.

We have brushed them once or twice with Beef toothpaste.. lol

[chocolatepuppy]

Lacey is the only dog whose teeth I ever had cleaned. She just turned 7 when I had it done. Her teeth are good, but she was missing a few. I brush Layla and Jake's teeth a couple times a week (no way I'd brush Lacey's, I like my fingers too much )