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This article discusses the classification systems for dental fractures and how the assessment affects treatment options. Diagonal incisor malocclusion is discussed in relation to skull asymmetry and how this commonly relates to premolar and molar occlusion. Oral and radiographic assessment of incisive bone fracture and incisor avulsion is reviewed for determining treatment options. A summary of incisor and canine resorption and hypercementosis is presented. Clinical presentations, staging, and classifications of tooth resorption as well as canine odontoplasty are discussed. Excessive plaque and calculus formation on lower canines leading to periodontal disease and abscess is examined.
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Dente Canino/patologia , Doenças dos Cavalos/patologia , Incisivo/patologia , Doenças da Boca/veterinária , Doenças Dentárias/veterinária , Animais , Oclusão Dentária , Doenças dos Cavalos/classificação , Doenças dos Cavalos/terapia , Cavalos , Hipercementose/patologia , Hipercementose/terapia , Hipercementose/veterinária , Má Oclusão/patologia , Má Oclusão/veterinária , Doenças da Boca/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças da Boca/terapia , Radiografia , Doenças Dentárias/classificação , Doenças Dentárias/terapia , Reabsorção de Dente/patologia , Reabsorção de Dente/veterináriaRESUMO
Dental therapies for equid incisor and canine teeth have modernized significantly over the last 2 decades. Basic principles in incisor reduction have become more conservative, and extraction procedures more exacting. Periodontal and endodontic treatments are described to save teeth that would have succumbed to extraction in the past. Pathologic impacts on treatment decisions for equine odontoclastic tooth resorption and hypercementosis are significant, and veterinarians and owners need to be aware of treatment options and outcomes. Easy access to equid incisor and canine teeth offers a variety of therapeutic options, and this article reviews some of the practical procedures available.
