In this enlightening video, Joe Flanagan and veterinary surgeon Dr. Richard Doyle, explore a critical but often overlooked topic: how your pet’s dental health is directly linked to their overall wellbeing.
By introducing beneficial bacteria (probiotics) into your pet’s oral care routine, you can reduce tartar, gingivitis, and harmful bacteria - and support their vital organs and overall wellbeing too.
Dr. Doyle explains how harmful bacteria in the mouth don’t just cause bad breath or gum disease - they can also enter the bloodstream and affect key organs like the heart, kidneys, and liver. He emphasises that dental disease isn’t just a local issue - it’s systemic.
The good news? Topical probiotics can help. By applying healthy, beneficial bacteria to your pet’s mouth, you can rebalance the oral microbiome, reduce plaque and tartar, and outcompete the harmful microbes before they enter the body.
Joe and Dr. Doyle also highlight how this approach supports the immune system, prevents inflammation, and works beautifully alongside a species-appropriate raw diet.
If you’ve been searching for a natural way to support your pet’s dental and overall health - without overusing harsh products or antibiotics - this is the place to start.
This is the first of three videos with Dr Richard Doyle, partner at Wylie Wellness Centre and The Wylie Veterinary Hospital. Watch the other two videos in the series here:
A Vet's View - Probiotics for Repeat Ear Infections
A Vet’s View – Probiotics and Pet Skin Health
0:00 - Intro
03:00 - Dr Richard Doyle mentions the dental microbiome and its importance in relation to gingivitis, tartar and other oral health issues
03:45 - Richard explains how poor oral health can affect internal organs
05:15 - Richard mentions how the microbiome relates to the immune system
06:00 - The importance of having the right microbiome in the mouth
09:45 - The process by which probiotics create a healthy environment in the mouth is explained
12:15 - Dr Richard talks about the health benefits of species appropriate raw diet.