Dentistry
Above the gumline.
What is supragingival?
Location of incisors in the mouth.
What is rostral?
Dental instrument used for checking attachment and pocket depth of teeth.
What are periodontal probes?
Percentage of small animal/exotic visits to veterinary hospitals caused by poor husbandry.
What is 85%?
Structure that always must be supported when handling rabbits and why?
What are back legs to ensure they don't kick too hard and cause a spinal fracture?
Below the gumline.
What is subgingival?
Purpose of canines.
What is prehending/holding/grasping?
Type of dental instrument used to clean supragingivally.
What are scalers?
Nutrient that should be fed free choice to ovine and caprine.
What is salt?
Type of lighting that allows synthesis of Vitamin D in reptiles.
What is UVB?
Teeth that continually grown and erupt over a lifetime.
What is a hypsodont?
Purpose of pre-molars and molars.
What are grinding/shearing?
Type of dental instrument for cleaning subgingivally.
What are curettes?
Animal unable to synthesize Vitamin C and needing it in their diet.
What are guinea pigs?
Name for turtles/tortoises.
What are chelonians?
3 examples of hypsodont animals discussed.
What are lagamorphs, horses, and rodents?
Purpose of incisors.
What is grooming/gnawing?
Purpose of polishing teeth after cleaning.
What are to remove stains and smooth surfaces (makes bacteria less likely to stick)?
Shedding of the skin in reptiles.
What is ecdysis?
Abnormal shedding pattern in reptiles.
What is dysecdysis?
3 species discussed in class with no maxillary incisors.
What are bovines, ovines, and caprines?
Cheek teeth of canines/felines.
What are pre-molars and molars?
Mucosal ulcerations caused by rubbing on areas of diseased teeth in the mouth (CUPs)
What is Chronic Ulcerative Peradental Stomatitis?
Endoparasite medication that is toxic to lagamorphs and can cause GI signs, neurologic signs, and death.
What is Frontline/(fipronil)?
Deficiency in this vitamin causes overgrown beak, conjunctivitis, stomatitis, and abnormal shedding in reptiles.
What is Vitamin A?