https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/30475/sonic-toothbrushing I cannot post on the expert forum but would like to put in my tuppence!! I got hot under the collar when a client told me that the dog had regular &#39;professional&#39; tooth cleaning. I went through the law etc expecting this to be someone using an ebayen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/239789?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 01 Nov 2022 17:41:52 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:48e40d38-a1c4-4cbf-b9db-d4713b793485Evelyn Barbour-Hill<p>I thought the original question was about this Emmi-Pet thing being sold for owners to use at home. No objection to that if they want to splash their cash, and maybe the amount they&#39;ve spent &ndash; or the novelty value &ndash; will encourage an owner to actually do the brushing and keep it up regularly.&nbsp; They still need to be shown how to do it, or they will continue to miss the bits they always miss, just missing them with super sonic efficiency.</p> <p>But a dog groomer doing it and calling it &quot;regular professional tooth cleaning&quot; &ndash;&nbsp; </p> <p>The object of tooth brushing is to keep removing and stirring up plaque so that it never gets a chance to accumulate and &quot;mature&quot; subgingivally. It needs to be done regularly and frequently. You can get away with not doing it every day (though a strict daily routine has advantages) but it needs to be say 3 times a week &ndash; once a week is not enough.</p> <p>All the dog gromer&#39;s &quot;professional&quot; cleaning will achieve is a somewhat short-lived cosmetic effect.&nbsp; Discouragement of calculus formation is no more than a cosmetic matter. Sure,&nbsp; have a bit of cosmetic attention, but don&#39;t let the grromer kid you it&#39;s of the slightest benefit to oral health.</p> <p>Unless maybe the groomer is calling in every day to do it? </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>