Dental and skull bone pathologies of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Lithuania

Title:

Dental and skull bone pathologies of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Lithuania

Creator:

Jurgelėnas, Eugenijus, Zakienė, Indrė, and Daugnora, Linas

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:1cc7ff53-863d-429c-965f-5680318a6f96
uuid:1cc7ff53-863d-429c-965f-5680318a6f96
doi:10.25225/jvb.20004

Subject:

Canidae, teeth, non-dental pathology, maxilla, and mandible

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

počítač and online zdroj

Description:

The research was aimed at examining 230 skulls and mandibles (113 males and 117 females) of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania. The object of the study was macroscopic evaluation of dental and periodontal pathologies, including changes in the structure of the skull and mandible. The most common teeth pathology was indicated to be hypodontia 13.27% in males and 5.98% in females (excluding M3 molar tooth). The hypodontia of the M3 was found to be common in males 6.19% and 7.69% in females. The findings of the research reveal that pathologies such as hyperdontia, dental fractures, enamel hypoplasia, abrasion, periodontitis stage 3 and stage 4 were less common: 1-4% in both males and females. In four skulls and mandibles of females a complex of severe pathologies of teeth and periodontium were found. There were no similar cases observed in males. This was the only significant difference between males and females. Other pathologies, including fractures of the skull or mandible, atypical form of foramen magnum, and changes in bone structure were rare overall, though slightly more common in males but not significantly.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

1-12

Source:

Journal of Vertebrate Biology | 2020 Volume:69 | Number:1

Harvested from:

CDK

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