Tooth anatomy of the dog (Canis familiaris) and the cat (Felis catus). Surgery considerations

Author(s)

Juliana Kowalesky

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD)
• Defense date: 2005-12-20

Examining board members

Marco Antonio Gioso; Arani Nanci Bomfim Mariana; André Tortamano

• Advisor: Marco Antonio Gioso

Abstract

With the fast evolution of veterinary dentistry in the last decade, it has been increasingly important the search for the knowledge of this area and the search for bibliographical references, however it is noted that the existent information of an essential discipline, the anatomy, is limited to basic structures. It is known that the understanding of the anatomy of the stomatognathic system is of fundamental importance so that practitioners and surgeons can diagnose and institute an appropriate and necessary treatment. In spite of the books of veterinary dentistry present descriptions of the simplest to the most complex surgical interventions, none describes the dental morphology and even less in full detail their correlations with the surgical techniques and dysfunctions of the stomatognathic system which would facilitate and give greater precision to the surgical action. However, such information exist abundantly in the dental human literature. Considering that most of these procedures are already done in humans, it can be concluded that it is important to obtain these information also for the animal dentistry. It is proposed then, to study each dental element individually, correlating them with their main affections. Besides, it is aimed, in a second plan, to prepare a work in oral anatomy of dogs and cats, with a clinical-surgical focus similar to the books published for the study of the human oral anatomy. (AU)