Table 1.

Plaque, gingivitis, and calculus scores and pocket depths of healthy adult dogs consuming commercially available wet or dry food

	Dry food	Wet food	SEM	P-value
Plaque coverage	3.28	3.55	0.094	0.0738
Plaque thickness	2.55	2.65	0.114	0.9361
Plaque score1	8.44	9.37	0.545	0.2623
Gingivitis score	1.23	1.25	0.080	0.8414
Calculus coverage	2.56	2.86	0.238	0.3977
Calculus thickness	1.69	1.64	0.154	0.8057
Calculus score1	4.61	4.72	0.701	0.9100
Pocket depth (mm)	2.52	2.25	0.135	0.1813

Plaque and calculus scores range from 0 (low) to 12 (maximum).