R dogs mouths cleaner than a humans?

Answer 1

yes. i saw it on "mythbusters"

Answer 2

Well...

A dog has to clean its self with its tongue, in fact a dog cleans all of its body with it's tongue. A dog will eat things that humans don't consider edible. Lets just say that dogs are not as clean as people.

Because of a dog's exposure to these unpleaeant things, they have developed a better oral cleansing system than humans.... their mouths clean more and better.

So to answer your question, a dog's mouth cleans better than a humans but that doesn't mean that it is cleaner. If a dog and a person were exposed to the same things, orally that is, a dog's mouth would be cleaner.

Just because a dog's mouth is cleaner than that of a human doesn't mean that it does not need to be cleaned. A dog should have a diet of dry dog food as it helps with tartar buildup. There are bones that you can buy that clean a dogs teeth. A dog's teeth should be brushed at least once a week.... you can use a human tooth brush and water. They also sell doggy tooth paste.

Some people believe that dogs have medicine in their mouths, making them lick wounds. That is not the case....the dog is licking the wound because it causes him discomfort or pain.

Hope this helps

Answer 3

Plain and simple, HELL NO. I could rattle off the various reasons why a dog's mouth isn't cleaner, but I'm tired and can't be bothered, so I'll link to pages that contain info on it.

Those of you quoting Mythbusters obviously have no idea how the scientific process operates. Mythbusters conducts their experiments using a SINGLE controll and test subject, which makes their findings extremely inaccurate. If Mythbusters had tested this urban legend on more than one dog/human, with a number preferably in the hundreds, it would be more accurate.
Translation: Less than half of what you see on Mythbusters is true, so don't quote it.

As you can tell from the sources I've listed, there is overwhelming evidence saying that dog's mouths aren't cleaner, and only one source saying they are.

Answer 4

When we talk about the cleanliness of a mouth, we're really talking about the amount and type of bacteria it contains. The kind of bacteria found in a human mouth and a dog mouth depend on what's been there recently. Unlike dogs, humans typically do not eat raw meat, garbage, and small animals in various states of decay. Given a dog that just locked its jaws around a decomposing squirrel, we might say that the dog's mouth is, for the moment, less clean than a human mouth that has not recently housed a dead squirrel. And since the squirrel-eating dog may pick up disease-causing bacteria from the dead animal, a bite from that dog may pass on dangerous germs.

But insofar as a clean mouth means one that is less likely to cause disease, consider that germs tend to be species specific. Harmful dog germs are usually harmless for humans, unless we're talking about rabies, a disease that affects dogs and people in equally damaging ways. But generally, humans are immune to most dog germs. Likewise, human germs probably won't harm a dog. But human germs can harm humans, of course. So a bite from a human mouth full of harmful bacteria may very well be more damaging than a dog bite, even if the dog's mouth is full of harmful dog germs.

Answer 5

for years, I heard that dog's mouths are cleaner than humans. However, I read an article recently that it is not true. Instead, it was said that what you would expect is really true....dogs lick everything, including poo or vomit, so that is rather disgusting and it makes sense that they would have a lot of bacteria in their mouths. Also, I do know that if you have pets, you become somewhat immune to their flora, which is the types of bacteria we all have to keep us healthy in some ways.

Answer 6

No, as you know many dogs lick themselves in various locations and eat garbage and such if given the chance. This leads to many different bacteria and germs that live in their mouths. The thing is is that most of them are species specific, so most of the bacteria won't transfer to humans. One idea of where this myth may have come from is how dogs lick their wounds to heal faster by removing the dead tissue, it may have been thought that their mouths were sterile.

Answer 7

I think someone asked this question yesterday.

No. This misconception regarding the cleanliness of dog’s mouths probably originated from the thought that most diseases are species specific. This means that most communicable canine diseases, with the exception of rabies, do not generally affect humans.

While it is true that dog bites are less likely to transmit a communicable disease to a human, they are still quite capable of causing an infection.

Answer 8

No it's a myth. people only believe that because the germs and bacteria from a dog can't infect a human so anything they might have cant infect us, but they do still lick their as*!! Which is really gross. Whenever I see someone letting a dog lick their face I want to puke. It's so disgusting!

Answer 9

NO. I've seen some pretty bad wounds from dog fights (work for a vet) and the abcesses and infections they can get are incredible. All species have potentially harmful bacteria in their mouths.

Answer 10

A dog actually does have the cleanest mouth of any animal on the planet bacause of their saliva glands.

Answer 11

Nope it's not, I saw a show about that on Doctor Know Show on Discovery Health.