do dogs have cleaner tounges than people?

Answer 1

Humans have absoltely filthy mouths compared to dogs. We have much more bacteria and whatnot than the average canine. So I guess the technical answer to your question would be yes. Dogs are cleaner. But then again, since they tend to eat their own feces, I'm not sure you want to be poking around in there all that much...

Answer 2

Found this at:
http://amos.indiana.edu/library/scripts/dogmouth.html


Would you rather be bitten by a dog or by a human? Well, neither of course, but if you had to choose, which would it be? According to a widespread notion, a dog bite is the better choice since a canine mouth is cleaner than a human mouth.

Is this true? Well, yes and no. 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 3

A bite from a human can do more damage by disease than a dog can. As long as the dog does not have rabies. That is why if you are ever bitten by a human you immediatley go to the ER. The human mouth carries more diseases and bacteria than a dog. Even if some of them do eat their own poop. Gross!!

Answer 4

i've heard it said that their mouths are cleaner than humans, but i wouldn't take the risk and french them.lol j/k.

seriously though, i doubt their mouths are much cleaner because dogs not only lick their genitals all day, but they sniff and lick other dogs butts. they also eat vomit, poop (unless you stop this behavior when they're puppies by using Deter) , bugs, etc.

Answer 5

dogs have anti-bacterial saliva.... so yes