Table 3.

Results from the survey.

Has your dog been anesthetized at a veterinary clinic to clean the teeth/remove dental calculus? (Q23)	No	Yes, once			Yes, several times	Don't know
	51,789 (86.3%)	5,217 (8.7%)			2,620 (4.4%)	352 (0.6%)
Has your dog had problems with gum disease or loose teeth? (Q24) (Does not apply to puppy teeth)	No	Yes, has had teeth extracted or lost teeth			Yes, but has not had any teeth extracted	Don't know
	55,033 (91.8%)	3,900 (6.5%)			729 (1.2%)	316 (0.5%)
Does your dog have bad breath? (Q25)	No, never	Yes, sometimes	Yes, often	Yes, always	Don't know
	31,033 (51.7%)	24,427 (40.7%)	2,961 (4.9%)	1,275 (2.1%)	282 (0.5%)
Does your dog have dental calculus at the moment? (Q26)	No	Yes, a little	Yes, a moderate amount	Yes, a lot	Don't know
	31,159 (52.0%)	18,753 (31.3%)	2,925 (4.9%)	673 (1.1%)	6,468 (10.8 %)
How would you appraise your dog's general health? (Q28)	Very poor	Fairly poor	Neither good nor bad	Fairly good	Very good	Don't know/Unable to judge
	196 (0.3%)	565 (0.9%)	1,229 (2.1%)	11,102 (18.5%)	46,715 (78.0%)	102 (0.2%)

Questions from the construct: “Dog owners' assessed symptoms of their dog's dental health.” Percentages are rounded to the nearest first decimal. Number in parenthesis after the question corresponds to the number of the question in the full survey (20).