Is there a dry dog food that actually cleans a dogs teeth while they eat it?

I heard that and I was wondering if you can please tell me what brand of dog food that is.Thanks allI saw an ad on tv thats how i heard about itThanks everyone for your great answers and great info!

my bag of Science Diet says it helps keep teeth clean, i dont know about other foods, im sure a pet store like petsmart could help you find more choices.

Dry dog food in general will *help* to clean your dog's teeth. There is not a specific brand that does this. However, no dry food will do a great job of it. You will still need to either brush your dog's teeth regularly or many people have a great deal of success feeding raw meaty bones to clean their dogs' teeth. I feed a large meaty beef bone to each of my dogs once a week or so and provide lots of natural, healthy, fibrous chews. It keeps their teeth shiny clean!

~ All dog food cleans the teeth (to the best of it's ability) there is no brand that is just for cleaning teeth. Dog food should never be a substitute for dog oral care and yearly cleanings at the vet.You should only be feeding your dog high quality kibble.+All dog foods are not created equal. There is a huge difference in ingredients, quality of ingredients and company standards. When wondering what to get or comparing your current food it is best to do as much research as possible. Your options are a raw diet, which is one of the greatest diets for dogs. To learn more go to www.barfworld.com. Raw really means nothing cooked; meat, bones and organs. This is not to be confused with allowing your dog to eat cooked bones, cooked bones are harmful, raw bones are not. This is the dog’s ancestral diet. If you think a dog should not be eating raw meat, go back and study wolves. Ask yourself what year was dog food made and then how long have dogs been around without our help of over processed dog food and gravy.Another option is kibble and wet food. You can do both or just Kibble, but avoid doing just wet food. Feeding Kibble 2x a day 12 hours apart and wet food 2x a week in place of 1 feeding of equal calories is a good balance. DO NOT OVER DUE WET FOOD> When you are looking for a healthy dog food it is important that not only the kibble be high quality but the wet food, treats and chews be high quality as well.Foods to avoid: Pedigree, Beneful, Purina, Iams, Nutro, Alpo, Ol Roy, Mighty Dog, Ceser, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Purina, Royal Canin, Eagle Pack (not to be confused with Eagle Pack Holistic) and of course all grocery store brands of dog food!These foods have low quality ingredients that can cause allergies, diabetes, bloat, overweight, oily skin, excessive and or runny stool and a myriad of other problems. Most of these brands are owned by companies like Del Monte, Proctor and Gamble, Mars and Nestle. Do you really believe that a company like Proctor and Gamble who makes beauty products, household cleaning supplies, baby items,prescription drugs and many others is the best suited company to make quality products for dogs? 50% of Mars is pet food, 45% is unhealthy snacks like candy bars. Science Diet is promoted by vets who in return make a profit on every bag they sell. Hill's is the largest employer of veterinarians outside of academia. They sponsor many pet nutrition related veterinary school programs and hold seminars and training sessions on the subject of pet nutrition for practicing veterinarians. So of course Hill's is going to say they are the best, they are teaching the vets pet nutrition, they want to make a profit, not healthy cat and dog food. Does this sound like the best company to make dog food? All of these companies have one thing in common, they have the advertising to make you believe pictures of meat and veggies and healthy dogs running around on the commercials is what you will get. Knowing the truth about what is in these foods is devastating.Quality dog foods: Innova, California Natural, EVO, Karma, Wellness, Wellness Core, Orijen, Canidae, Merricks, Artemis, Taste of the Wild, Nature's Variety, Solid Gold-Barking at the Moon, Go!, Now! and Timberwolf.Here are several websites to do your own research, which I highly suggest. A lot of questions here about dog’s health problems are a direct result of the food you are feeding. Read the ingredients label on the back, go to the website and see who owns the dog food, look up the ingredients and learn why it is used and what the pros and cons are. Changing to a healthy low grain, no grain dog food will relieve most of your dog aliments and give you a healthier and happier dog.www.naturapet.comwww.dogfoodproject.comwww.dogfoodanalysis.comwww.api4animals.org/facts.php?p=359&more=1www.feedmypet.com/dog-food-comparison.htmlwww.canidae.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill's_Pet_Nutrition

Hills t/d and also Medical Dental both help prevent the buildup of tartar, although if your dog's teeth are in poor shape they won't clean them like a proper dental prophy under anaesthetic will.

I know of dog treats that help clean teeth... Greenies and there is a bunch of other ones....

Thats what dry dog foods do, they clean the dog's teeth while they eat it. The same can't be said for wet dog food, which can do the exact opposite and make a dog's teeth turn awful if the owner doesn't brush the dog's teeth. Get one that fits YOUR lifestyle.:0)Here is a site that will show you which dog foods are the best and the worst. I suggest that you get any one of the dog foods that are top rated. http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/Most of grocery store dog food formulas, like IAMS, Pedigree, Science Diet, Purina,and etc contain "meat and bone meal" which has been known to contain dead dogs and cats that were euthanized in animal shelters. Their bodies are picked up and bought by the truck load by "rendering plants" , that also pick up road kill, dead live stock, and etc. They are shredded, and boiled. They skim off the fat on the top of the "soup" and collected it and sell it to pet food companies as "animal fat", the rest of the animals' remains are crushed up, dried and sold to dog and cat food companies as meat and bone meal.You can read more about it here.http://earthislandprojects.org/eijournal/fall97/fe_fall97petfood.htmlHere is an article where the owner of a rendering plant talks about it. He says that cremating the dead shelter animals would cause pollution, and that rendering them is good.http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5072/is_12_26/ai_115041999Here is further information on what you shouldn't see in the ingredients list in your dog's food.http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=badingredientsTop rated dog foods like Canidae contain good healthy ingredients.