Which is cleaner?

Question

A dog's mouth or a human's mouth?

Answer 1

humans right after they brush their teeth! although i have heard something like dogs spit is sterile but thats impossible they lick poop. ewwwwww

Answer 2

According to a widespread notion, a dog bite is the better choice since a canine mouth is cleaner than a human mouth.
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. Human germs probably won't harm a dog. But human germs can harm humans. 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.
Conclusion is that dog mouth is cleaner for people and people mouth is cleaner for dogs. We both benefit.

Answer 3

As for the cleanliness of the dog's mouth, it depends on the dog and what it has been up to. You have to bear in mind, as one piece I read put it, that a dog's tongue is both its washrag and its toilet paper.

A dog's germs are dog germs, and a human's germs are human germs. In other words, they are species-specific.

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.

Jason Homan

Answer 4

I'm just guessing here, but I have 2 Siberian Huskies, and I would say both of my dogs' mouths are probably cleaner than some humans I've seen.

Answer 5

A dogs mouth.

Answer 6

i wouldn't be surprise if dogs have cleaner mouths but it all depends what kind of dogs or humans you are talking about. there are street dogs and house dogs also poor and rich people. Now the street dog might eat dead bird, trash, or road kill while a house dog will eat dog food or your leftovers. same goes to humans it all comes down to who owns and uses a toothbrush and some toothpaste.

Answer 7

i was very surprised when i heard this but actualy its a dogs mouth! i found this out because my teacher used to deal with people with mental disabilties and she said the kid threw a table at her and bit her she had to go to the docter and the doctor said that a humans mouth is actualy dirtier than a dogs mouth!

-isnt that gross!

Answer 8

dogs, humans have some nasty stuff in their (even with proper dental hygiene). A human bite that breaks the skin id often more serious than a dog bite that breaks the skin.

Answer 9

Dont know about cleaner but a dogs breath if deffinatly worse!

Answer 10

a dogs duh lol