title: Tooth brushing inhibits oral bacteria in dogs.
abstract: In this study, scaling, polishing and daily tooth brushing were performed in 20 beagle dogs, and the number of oral bacteria was determined using a bacterial counter. The dogs were randomized into the scaling (S), scaling + polishing (SP), scaling + tooth daily brushing (SB) and scaling + polishing + tooth daily brushing (SPB) groups. Samples were collected from the buccal surface of the maxillary fourth premolars of the dogs immediately after scaling and every week thereafter from weeks 1 to 8. Throughout the study, the number of bacteria was significantly lower in the SB and SPB groups compared with the S group. The findings suggest that daily tooth brushing inhibited oral bacterial growth in the dogs.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Joint Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Saku
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kijima
authors.forename: Chie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamazoe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003775:Dental Polishing / Q000662:veterinary; D012534:Dental Scaling / Q000662:veterinary; D004285:Dogs / Q000382:microbiology*; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology*; D014099:Toothbrushing / Q000662:veterinary*