Sinopsis

A good mouth care is paramount to prevent health problems in dogs. However, diagnosing and treating some oral conditions may sometimes be really challenging. With almost 500 high-quality images, clear anatomical illustrations, and thorough descriptions, this new volume on veterinary dentistry aims at being a quick visual guide for treating oral problems in dogs.

Índice

1. Introduction

Dental positional terminology
Histological tooth structure in canines and felines
Diagram of dog and cat dentition
Example of periodontal probing
Periodontal disease classification (AVDC, 2007)
Classification of plaque and dental calculus index (Logan & Boyce, 1994)
Gingival index (Wolf et al., 2005)
Stages of mobility (American Veterinary Dental College, 2007)
Classification of furcation involvement/exposure (AVDC, 2007)
Dental fracture classification (AVDC, 2007)
Endo-periodontal lesions
Classification of tooth resorption (based on the severity of the resorption) (AVDC, 2007)

2. Oral pathology in dogs

Dental physiological and radiological oral cavity in dogs

Permanent teeth
Deciduous teeth
Normal tooth eruption
Dog dental radiography models

Occlusion and malocclusion
Occlusion

Incisal area
Area of the first premolars
Canine teeth area
Area of the last premolars and molars

Malocclusion

Dental crowding
Dental absence
Mandibular distocclusion (class 2 malocclusion)
Mandibular mesiocclusion (class 3 malocclusion)
Tooth displacement

Linguoversion of the mandibular canine teeth
Mesioversion of the maxillary canine teeth
Supernumerary teeth
Maxillary-mandibular asymmetry in a dorsoventral direction (“open bite”)
Rostral crossbite
Caudal crossbite
Persistent teeth
Teeth rotation
Maxillary-mandibular asymmetry in a rostrocaudal direction
Systemic pathologies and their impact on the oral cavity
Secondary hyperparathyroidism
Contact dermatitis
Leishmaniasis
Lymphoma
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Facial paralysis
Bullous pemphigoid
Tetanus

Pathologies of the oral cavity
Neoplasms

Non-neoplastic processes. Gingival hyperplasia
Ameloblastoma
Peripheral ameloblastoma (acanthomatous epulis)
Squamous cell carcinoma
Peripheral odontogenic fibroma (fibromatous-ossifying epulis)
Fibrosarcoma
Haemangiosarcoma
Mast cell tumour
Melanoma
Osteosarcoma
Round cell tumour

Immunological aetiology

Eosinophilic myositis
Mucocutaneous pyoderma

Congenital and development-related

Juvenile cellulitis
Cleft lip
Macroglossia
Craniomandibular osteopathy
Cheilitis-dermatitis of the lips
Cleft palate
Cleft nose

Metabolic and iatrogenic aetiology

Calcinosis circumscripta
Oronasal fistula
Salivary sialocoele or ranula
Eosinophilic granuloma
Traumatic aetiology
Soft tissue lesions
Foreign body

Traumatic dermatitis
Sublingual granuloma (“cheek-chewing lesion”)
Lingual lesions
Lesions from occlusion/malocclusion
Burns from electric wiring
Trauma by external bite

Hard tissue lesions

Mandibular fractures
Maxillary fractures

Bacterial aetiology

Periodontal disease
Ulcerative stomatitis. Contact ulcers
Necrotising ulcerative stomatitis
Fistulous tract of dental aetiology
Oronasal fistula
Osteomyelitis in the oral cavity

Viral, mycotic and parasitic aetiology

Demodicosis
Myiasis
Papillomatosis

References
Alphabetical index