CARNIVORE Dental Anatomy & Physiology 🐺

By age 3, 70% of cats and 80% of dogs will have periodontal disease. This is EPIDEMIC LEVELS! 🙀

So why is it that dental disease has gotten so bad? Carnivore Anatomy & Current Health trends may be the key 🕵️‍♀️

1. TEETH 🦷

The teeth of carnivores are sharp and narrow! Each tooth has its own purpose, from grabbing and puncturing to cutting and tearing meat. 🥩What they DON’T have is the flat molars for grinding plant matter that you will find in omnivores and herbivores!

2. ENZYMES & DIET🧪

The enzyme AMYLASE starts digestion in the mouths of omnivores & herbivores, and is responsible for beginning to break down carbohydrates. Carnivores, built to eat little-To-no carbs and a raw meat diet, don’t naturally have this enzyme in their saliva! Instead they get their enzymes from the raw foods— but when meats are cooked the enzymes are denatured and useless! So pets eating CARB-LOADED 🥖cooked & kibble diets then have excess buildup on their teeth that need to be brushed off.

Have you ever seen a wolf getting his teeth brushed? 🥴 probably not, and that’s because of “Nature’s Toothbrush”, RAW MEATY BONES! 🍖 (RMBs)

Rich in natural enzymes, these bones require pets to use all of their teeth to rip, cut, and crush! Tendons and fibers act like floss, getting into all of the cracks and crevices. 🪥

In addition to being a good source of nutrition, feeding a RMB once a week from the start will help manage tartar buildup before it starts! ❤️🍗