Are the food bad for human teeth also bad for cats' teeth ?

Cornell university cat veterinarian encyclopedia says that the mechanism of tooth decay of cats and humans are quite different. I wonder if sugar is bad for cats%26#039; teeth. My cats loves icecream and come to beg when I%26#039;m eating, so I just give them a tiny spoonful, or just put on my finger and let them lick it. I wonder if I should brush their teeth soon after that, and that they shouldn%26#039;t be fed anything like that when I%26#039;m out of town. One of them also likes milk, yogurt etc. I know cats can%26#039;t digest lactose so I don%26#039;t give regular milk so much: just a spoonful. Yogurt doesn%26#039;t have much lactose so she can eat more. I would definitely brush my teeth if i happen to wake up in the middle of night and have a sip of milk. Could anyone please explain me exactly the mechanism of cat tooth decay, and what kind of food are particularly bad ?

Are the food bad for human teeth also bad for cats%26#039; teeth ?
If you feed your cats mostly hard food, then don%26#039;t worry about it...If you feed soft foods mostly, then they won%26#039;t have the friction on their teeth to clean away the plaque.. :-)
Reply:While I don%26#039;t know how cat tooth decay works. I would say that according to my vet we are supposed to brush our cats teeth and sugar will decay any teeth, I%26#039;m sure, calcium and bone is the same in all of us, the same raw material. I think that the reason our deacy rates are different is the different kinds of bacteria in our mouths and different amounts of bacteria present. I would just brush your cats teeth to be on the safe side I don%26#039;t think ever in the wild cats would eat Ice cream or anything other than their mothers milk with that amount of sugar in it, do be careful.
Reply:Feed your cat cat food, not people food--a bite is ok, but don%26#039;t routinely fed people food to cats, as they won%26#039;t get the needed nutritinal balance..Some cats have more trouble with tooth tartar than others, for no known reason, according to my vet. My 8yr calico female, has had 2 full dental scallings %26amp; 3 teeth removed with another scaling due later this year, while my 15 yr male has had 1 %26amp; is doing well. Just like kids..



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