I'm doing an 8th grade research paper for 'Whose mouth is cleaner, a dogs or a humans and cant find anything!

Question

I have to find what different kinds of bacteria are in both human and a dogs mouth.
(too bad i didnt pick something easier, like building a hoverboard haha)

Also, i know a dog's mouth is cleaner, i just have to prove it.

Answer 1

Well, the old saying "A dogs mouth is cleaner than humans", isnt 100% true. This came about because a human is more likely to give you a type of bacteria that will harm you than a dog would. Not because a dog has less bacteria, but mainly because most of the bacteria in a dogs mouth prefers a dog rather than a human (called host or species specific). You lift up a dogs mouth and may see an overgrowth of tartar and gingivitis, and there is no doubt that the dog has more bacteria in his mouth than yours, but it comes down to if he licks you, most likely you will be fine compared to the type of bacteria in another humans mouth.

Answer 2

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/dogs/a/dog_breath.htm

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/dogs/a/dog_breath.htm

I love going to this site: about.com. You can find anything imaginable there. The one link I gave you is about how a 5th grader doing a project for school actually proved that a cat's mouth was cleaner! Have fun. And you'll find detailed links underneath where you can get the exact makeup of the enzymes, bacteria, and whatever, in a dog's mouth that have been scientifically analyzed and all that.

Answer 3

first a dogs mouth is cleaner second just look up on google dogs health or mouth and do the same with humans and compare them.

Answer 4

A dogs mouth is cleaner even though it sounds crazy

Answer 5

Humans mouth is cleaner.

Its a myth that dogs mouthes are cleaner. I saw it on DC once.

Answer 6

Of course it's true. Like when my Golden Retriever spots a cat turd when we're out for a walk and gobbles it up before I can pull her back.

Answer 7

hey i watched mithbusters and they said a dogs mouth is cleaner try looking it up at dicovery.com/mythbusters

Answer 8

a dogs mouth

Answer 9

first talk to a HUMAN dentist for information, then talk to a veteranarian. Both will give you the info you need. Better to site these kind of sources in your report than some impersonal website.

Answer 10

well for one thing a dogs mouth is cleaner. here is a sight that may help:

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/story?id=1213870



im an 8th grader