Minnesota, Utah ranked with worse pet dental health Animal
lovers recognize February as National Pet Dental Health Month,
but a recent report suggests that residents of certain states
need to pay closer attention to their dogs' teeth every day of
the year. Recent research found that pets in Minnesota had the
worst oral health, ZooToo Pet News reports. The study ranked the
top 15 states based on how many pets were diagnosed with dental
disease in 2011. In Minnesota, 69 percent of dogs and 73 percent
of cats at animal hospitals were diagnosed with dental disease.
Utah ranked as the second worse state for pet dental health.
However, Minnesota, Utah and the other states on the list are
not particularly out of the ordinary. A study by the American
cat illness.Association found that about two-thirds of pet
owners do not provide the recommended dental care to their pets,
and as many as 80 percent of dogs and 70 percent of cats show
signs of oral disease by age 3. This can lead to other, more
serious types of dog and