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2006-12-16 17:35:48 · 6 answers · asked by chocolate 2 in Health ➔ Dental
Why do animals teeth not decay?
Can anyone explain?
Why can't you use your spell check?
And animals teeth rot just the same way ours do. It's just that they don't eat the crap we do which speeds up the erosion process.
And I doubt you'll resolve your question.
But go on. Surprise me.
2006-12-16 17:46:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well actually some animals teeth do decay. Domestic dogs and cats can lose teeth for the same reasons that people do.
Some animals such as rodents grow their teeth throughout their life so they must keep them worn down by always gnawing on something. If any decay started it would soon be carried forward to the edge of the tooth and worn away.
A lot of wild animals don't live long enough for their teeth to develop cavities.
Many animals have a diet that does not include things that promote decay. This is also true of some humans.
2006-12-17 01:43:48 · answer #2 · answered by rethinker 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Animals teeth do decay. We just don't realize it because they don't go to the dentist.
I've got a cat right now that had three badly rotten teeth when I took him in to get teeth cleaned to hopefully improve his breath. (He was a rescue, I'd only had him about a year) Two of the teeth they took out were his bottom fangs...so he has a sortof rabbity smile now...
One of my dogs had to have a tooth removed during a cleaning because it was badly decayed.
Years ago I had a rescue dog that had to have 12 teeth pulled because they were so rotten.
2006-12-17 02:00:59 · answer #3 · answered by heart o' gold 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Animals do get tooth decay but not as often as humans do. They do not eat all the sugary foods that we do and they also have fewer teeth than we do. A lot of dogs are also given lots or rawhides and things to chew to help their teeth and many owners do brush or wipe their pets teeth.
2006-12-17 01:40:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They do.
In the wild some animals die from losing teeth.
Pets typically eat some hard food with cleans the surfaces of their teeth.
Carnivores teeth mesh together better than peoples and the helps clean between them.
People eat lots of sugars and acids (like citrus fruit) which can be hard on teeth.
2006-12-17 01:44:16 · answer #5 · answered by BigPappa 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Uhh, they do! My mothers poodle spit out a decayed tooth the other day GROSS! Seriously though, he did!
2006-12-17 02:07:22 · answer #6 · answered by someoneoutthere 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋