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[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 159 points 5 months ago

Dog teeth only have to last about 15 years.

[-] Stern@lemmy.world 123 points 5 months ago

Also dogs aren't drinking soda, eating candy bars, or chugging orange juice.

Well mine didn't anyhow, idk about some of y'all.

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[-] AsherahTheEnd@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

I wish I only had to last that long

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

I once said that in a meeting and forgot I was in a work environment. Had to backpedal and explain I was joking.

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago

I mean, I get that it's a bit of a bummer to bring up, but is it really that much of a social faux pas when when it's a completely reasonable answer to the question?

[-] BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net 65 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You can just gnaw on dog treats if you want. Like nobody is stopping you. My parents tried and failed many many years ago, but the sandy texture of the treats they bought was a major turnoff for me, so no need fam. If dentabones or whatever had been a thing back then I might have a different story..

Fun fact; most pet foods and treats are tested at some stage by humans for flavor, because animals can’t really give proper critique. So someone, somewhere, has probably already eaten them.

[-] Turbofish@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago

I'm a very small sample size being one guy who works in a dog food factory. But we absolutely do not test our products on humans. All our meat products are marked not for human consumption.

The seasonings and what have you are often tested by the npd crowd but I can't imagine a scenario where anyone would actually try the finished product.

[-] BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net 21 points 5 months ago

The seasonings and what have you are often tested by the npd crowd

This is the “at some stage” portion, I assume (tho I don’t understand the lingo you are using tbh)

Dry foods are bland and flavorless kibbles without the flavor coating, often using the same meal for multiple lines, so you just test the coating. But other products don’t have that luxury, like wet foods and treats that have soft core or whatever.

Obviously nobody is consuming it as a diet, but they do test it :)

https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/food-facts/food-careers/food-taster3.htm

https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephenlaconte/i-just-found-out-that-dog-food-gets-taste-tested-by-humans

https://www.merieuxnutrisciences.com/na/sensory-and-consumer-testing-of-pet-food/

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[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

My understanding is that milk bones are basically cookies without sugar.

[-] BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net 9 points 5 months ago

I haven’t tried those but the generic ones that were bbq flavor back in the 90s were made from flour and water and probably nothing else, and crumbled on bite into nasty wheat sand.

[-] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

My friend would eat Milk Bones occasionally when we were kids.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 55 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That's how chewing gum has been marketed for as long as I can remember. Specifically Dentine.

[-] darkpanda@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 months ago

I mean, it’s right there in the name.

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

but the question is, is it real?

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 49 points 5 months ago

i really wish they made those chewing sticks for humans, chewing on a rubbery stick sounds amazing to my autistic mind

like that would instantly take me from middling tooth health to best teeth in the game, i'd be chewing those shits day in day out to the point that the dentist has to tell me to cut it down, not to mention how great it would be for jaw strength!

[-] sean_lemmy@sh.itjust.works 23 points 5 months ago

They actually do make those for people with sensory needs. They look like Lego's and are on a lanyard

[-] ChexMax@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Please be conscientious if you choose to use a coping method like this. Some estimates put misophonia as prevalent as affecting 1 in 5 people. Your chewing on something to calm yourself down may be setting off full fight or flight in the person next to you.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Flight, they're now my prey

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 41 points 5 months ago

That's why I brush my teeth before having my bacon and eggs with coffee.

[-] penquin@lemm.ee 33 points 5 months ago

That's why I brush my teeth before drinking my orange juice.

[-] Timbo1970@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

Leave your degraded self-loathing to yourself and don't make us partake!

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Psst, the real life hack is to drink tons of coke so that they all fall out and you can get a permanent artificial set installed as soon as possible

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[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

....followed by chewing aluminum foil for iron.

[-] Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
[-] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

out of a metal tumbler 🤤

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[-] peto@lemm.ee 36 points 5 months ago

I'm pretty sure I've seen chewing gum advertised this way.

[-] BluesF@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago

Probably because dogs only live like 10-15 years. Their little gnashers don't have to last quite so long... Then again they also like to chew up wood n shit so I suppose they go through a lot.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

There use to be gum with toothpaste grit and mouth wash in them.

[-] olutukko@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

in finland most of our gum just has xylitol in it

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[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 months ago

There's these toothpaste tablets/pills, which you put into your mouth, bite on them and then they turn into toothpaste for brushing.

When I first saw those, I also thought, they'd somehow clean your teeth without brushing. Like, maybe they're one of those fizzy tablets, which I believe exist for cleaning fake dentures. Or when I then read that you bite on them, I thought, maybe they're like special chewing gum. But yeah, it's just toothpaste without the water.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago

Once I chewed a vitamin C tablet that looked like a TUMS. It was not like a TUMS. It was intended to dissolve in a glass of water.

It started fizzling and bubbling in my mouth, activated by the moisture that was there. I started intensely foaming at the mouth and almost threw up.

Good times, 10/10

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

On that note, I once accidentally brushed my teeth with Deep Heating ointment.

Would not recommend or try again.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

It would never have occurred to me to try this, but now you've piqued my curiosity...

[-] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 3 points 5 months ago

And then you got to stay at home because you seemed sick. Nice one Ferris Bueller.

[-] acetanilide@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I was trying to find something that didn't need water for when I'm away from a sink. Saw those tablets and thought they'd be great! Luckily I read the description.

I guess I'll have to stick with the wisp things.

[-] scytale@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago

Doesn't Xylitol gum help do that?

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Which if you give to a dog will kill it.

[-] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 months ago

But their teeth will look great

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 5 months ago

We kinda do, we have the chewing sticks like mishwak

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago
[-] zout@fedia.io 10 points 5 months ago

A small stick from the toothbrush tree (no kidding). You could also use other types of wood, like apple, pear or lemon tree. Or even licorice root.

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[-] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

It’s a stick

[-] saltnotsugar@lemm.ee 12 points 5 months ago

Crest beef jerky! Experience the minty flavors of the…fuckin Southwest. Yeehaw!

[-] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

A carrot works pretty well.

[-] InternetPerson@lemmings.world 8 points 5 months ago

No one is stopping you from giving yourself a treat for succeeding with such habits.

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I think teeth cleaning doggie treats are probably just marketing.

Fast food would be teeth cleaning if it wasn't for the barest of regulations we still have in place.

[-] WolfLink@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

Toothpaste is mint flavored also some chewing gums can have a cleaning effect (that’s no replacement for brushing but is better than nothing).

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