How come dogs don’t need dentists?
I realise of course, that one fine day in the not too distant future, in a corner of California, there will eventually be a clinic that specialises in oral-care for canines. Heck, it probably exists already, knowing the all too-rich I-have-everything-in-the-world-that-I-need consumer culture that is rampant in the U.S (or so I imagine). In fact, dog psychologists are almost becoming the norm nowdays, as is designer-fashion accesories for the ‘hip’ pooches.
For the rest of us in the real world however, we never send our lovely mutts to the dentist. After all, they don’t seem to need it. But why is this? How come dogs don’t need dentists? Dogs never brush their teeth, let alone get the recommended amount of ‘brush after every meal’. Dogs don’t gargle. They don’t use floss (not the dental kind anyway). They don’t watch their diets. They eat bones. Hell they’ll eat almost anything. Yet, I don’t see them having trouble with plaque. I don’t see them needing braces. They don’t need to get those fillings done, simply because, they teeth hardly rot at all. And finally, our little doggie friends never ever seem to get trouble with those damn impacted wisdom teeth that commonly affects humans.
It doesn’t seem fair now, does it?
We take so much effort and pay so much money to take care of our teeth on a daily basis, yet, in the end we still have to pay some dude with rough hands to inflict pain by drilling holes into our gums, and hammering teeth which are still connected to our jawbone.
Is it all a gimmick then? Is there a world dental association that collaborates secretly with the toothbrush and toothpaste industries to try and manipulate all of us into thinking that we need all these products and services, when in fact we don’t? Are there groups of people in lab coats meeting in underground stone buildings and masonic halls in medieval europe conspiring against all of humanity, preying on our ignorance and our fears, in the hope that we continually fund them by buying their products and services? And do these people form leagues with the tea and tobacco industries - the latter two developing products that are designed to yellow our teeth, which the oral-care industry rigoruously develops products to whiten our teeth.
Definitely something to think about the next time you want to purchase dental floss.
