Handbook of small animal dentistry /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1994.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Pergamon veterinary handbook series.
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Table of Contents:
- Anatomy
- Head shapes
- Dog
- Cat
- Occlusal relationships
- Normal occlusion
- Malocclusions
- Dentition
- Dental formula
- Erruption of temporary and permanent teeth
- Eruption times
- Retained temporary teeth
- Dental records
- Structure of teeth and their supporting structures
- Tooth structure
- Development of newly erupted permanent teeth
- Periodontium
- Natural defence mechanisms of the mouth
- Hand instruments
- Hand positioning
- Modified pen grasp
- Fulcrum
- Sharpening hand instruments
- Procedure
- Power equipment
- Mechanical scalers
- Electrical ultrasonic scalers
- Air-driven scalers
- Mechanical drill units
- Electric engine-driven dental units
- Air-driven dental units
- Handpieces
- High-speed handpiece
- Low-speed handpiece
- Burs
- Types of shank
- Types of bur head
- Radiographic techniques
- X-ray units
- Fixed-head X-ray units
- Intraoral radiography
- X-ray film
- Techniques
- Extraoral radiography
- Techniques
- Summary of techniques
- Interpretation of dental radiographs.
- (cont) Periodontal disease, therapy and minor periodontal surgery
- Aetiology
- Predisposing factors
- Pathogenesis
- Clinical signs
- Periodontal therapy
- Instrumentation
- Scaling
- Exploration
- Pocket depth measurement
- Subgingival curettage
- Root planing
- Polishing
- Sulcular lavage
- Minor periodontal surgery
- Basic principles
- Gingivoplasty
- Mucogingival surgery
- Splinting
- Odontoplasty
- Homecare
- Chronic feline stomatitis gingivitis complex
- Restorative dentistry
- Materials
- Amalgam
- Composite
- Glass-inomer cements
- Cavities
- Caries
- Feline subgingival resorptive lesions
- Cavity preparation
- Procedure
- Filling the prepared cavity
- Using composite
- Using amalgam
- Using glass-ionomers
- Enamel dysplasia and staining
- Endodontics
- Aetiology of pulpal pathology
- Damage to the tooth crown, exposing pulp
- Disruption of the apical blood supply
- Caries
- Feline sugingival resorptive lesions
- Thermal damage
- Haematogenous spread of infection
- Pathogenesis of pulpal pathology.
- (cont) Clinical signs and diagnosis
- Treatment
- Pulp capping
- Vital pulpotomy
- Root canal therapy
- Treatment for immature teeth with non-vital pulps
- Complications
- Gouging
- Perforation of the crown with a bur
- Hedging
- Root perforation
- Haemorrhage
- Broken file tip
- Pulpal stones
- Calcified canal
- Lateral canals and open apex
- Fractured root
- Irregular root morphology
- Extraction and oronasal fistula closure
- Extraction
- Small, single-rooted teeth
- Temporary teeth
- Multi-rooted teeth
- Canine teeth
- Oronasal fistula closure
- Double flap closure
- Problems peculiar to continually erupting teeth
- Dental problems in herbivorous mammals
- Incisors
- Problems
- Treatment
- Molars
- Problems
- Treatment
- Aetiology
- Prevention.