 just the teeth are getting rotten well the teeth can actually rot so dogs typically don't get tooth decay but they can get periodontal disease and they can get infections that go up their tooth roots and or they can get osteoporosis and lose their teeth that way so there's lots of things that can happen to their teeth that require dentistry so i'm not disputing the need for dentistry definitely we do dentals literally every week at my practice but i've never heard of a dog's getting yearly dentals at eight hundred dollars a pop i mean i'm impressed i mean i