DEVELOPMENTAL CONDITIONS
Occasionally we see congenital or genetic dental conditions such as invagination folds of enamel or malocclusion in large felids.
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The enamel defects allow bacterial invasion of the pulp chambers and eventually cause pulp necrosis at a relatively early age and associated abscess intra and extra-orally. The only treatment possible is extraction of the tooth or teeth in question.
Intra-oral view of the pulp cavity exposure and purulent discharge at the gingival sulcus.
Due to an unbalanced diet or a lack of browse, the teeth can develop malformed where they are an abnormal shape. (Postmortem Asian Female)
Radiograph illustrating the area of periapical radiolucency.can also rotate during eruption due to a lack of browse failing to produce physiological atrittion and progressive tooth loss. (Postmortem Asian female)