Concurrent treatment of oral and systemic maladies in animals using electrical current

A method for promoting oral hygiene comprising the steps of:

• providing a treatment apparatus comprising an electrical power source and a plurality of electrically conductive surfaces on an external surface of said apparatus;
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• making the treatment apparatus accessible to a non-human animal to be drawn at least partially into the mouth of the non-human animal in contact with at least one of saliva, lingual tissue, dental tissue, gingival tissue, periodontal tissue, and oral mucosa tissue,
• wherein said at least one of saliva, lingual tissue, dental tissue, gingival tissue, periodontal tissue, and oral mucosa tissue in the mouth provides an electrically conductive path between at least two of said plurality of electrically conductive surfaces and electrical current is delivered to said electrically conductive path by at least one of said electrically conductive surfaces.