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What are the three components to a tooth?

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Enamel, dentin, and pulp cavity

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What are the two parts of a tooth?

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Crown and root

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What does the enamel cover?

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Only the crown

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What is the hardest substance in the body?

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Enamel

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How thick is enamel?

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1-2 mm thick

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Why is enamel so hard?

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The atoms are arranged in an orderly fashion and contain calcium and floride

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Where is dentin found?

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Beneath the enamel and extends to the root tip

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7
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True of false: dentin makes up the bulk of the tooth?

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True

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8
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When is dentin produced?

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All the time

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Will a younger animal have a bigger or smaller pulp cavity?

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Bigger

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What produces enamel?

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Ameloblasts

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What produces dentin?

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Odontoblasts

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What is primary dentin?

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Dentin that forms before eruption

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What is secondary dentin?

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Dentin that forms after eruption

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What is the tertiary dentin?

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Protective dentin that forms after trauma from lack of enamel

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What dentin is light, dark, and darker?

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Primary dentin (light) secondary dentin(darker) tertiary dentin(darkest)

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What are the two areas of the pulp cavity?

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Pulp chamber an pulp canal

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What does the pulp cavity contain?

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Odontoblasts, connective tissue, blood vessels, lymph vessels, nerves

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Where do vessels and nerves enter?

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Through the apical delta (old) / foramen (young)

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What is periodentium?

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Supporting tissue structures that surround the tooth

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What is the function of gingiva?

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Protects tooth from trauma caused by chewing

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What is the gingival margin?

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Edge if free non attached gingiva

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What is the gingival sulcus?

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Space between the gingival margin and gingival attachment to the tooth

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What is the cementum?

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Bone like substance that covers the tooth root

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What are the periodontal ligaments?

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Fibrous structures that insert into attached gingiva cementum and alveolar bone

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What is the alveolar bone?

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Forms socket jot which the tooth sits.

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26
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What is alveolar bone not as hard as regular bone?

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So soft tissues can embed into it

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27
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What is coronal?

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Towards the crown

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28
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What is apical

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Towards the root

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29
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What is buccal/labial?

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Towards the cheek or lips

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30
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What is palatial or lingual?

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Towards the palate or younger

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31
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What is occlusal?

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Grinding surface of the tooth

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32
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What is medial?

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Towards the midline

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33
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What is distal?

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Farthest from midline

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34
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What is supra gingival?

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Above the gums

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35
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What is sub gingival?

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Below the gums

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36
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How do the incisor teeth meet the other incisor teeth?

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They occlude

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37
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What are the incisor teeth used for?

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Nibbling, tearing small pieces of tissue, grooming

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38
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How to canine teeth come in contact with other canine teeth?

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Over ride opposite canines

39
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What are anime teeth used for?

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Used to grasp and tear with great force

40
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How to pre molars come in contact with other molars?

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Interdigital

41
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What are premolars used for?

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Tearing food

42
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Which teeth are the carnassial?

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4th premolars and 1st molar

43
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Where does tartar normally build up?

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Carnassial

44
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Which teeth often get fractured?

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Carnassial

45
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When do puppies get their deciduous teeth?

46
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When do kittens get their deciduous teeth?

47
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How many deciduous teeth do puppies have?

48
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What is the dental formula for puppies?

49
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How many teeth do kittens have?

50
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What is the dental formula for kittens?

51
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What do deciduous teeth look like?

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Greyish, thin, pointy, thin walled

52
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How many teeth does a foul have?

53
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What is the dental formula for a foul?

54
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How many teeth does a calf have?

55
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What is the dental formula for calf?

56
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When do permanent teeth erupt in a dog?

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2-7 months

57
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When do perkiness teeth erupt in a cat?

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3 1/2- 6 months

58
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What are two types of malocclusion?

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Anterior cross bite and mandibular prognathism

59
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What is anterior cross bite?

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Common in dogs, one or more upper incisors occlude caused to lower incisors

60
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What is mandibular prognathism?

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Shortened upper jaw, characteristic of braciocephalic dog breeds, over crowding of tooth with tooth rotation, premature wearing of tooth surface, damage of soft tissue in lower jaw

61
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What can cause periodontal disease?

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Contact points

62
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What is posterior cross bite?

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Mandible is wider than normal at lever of carnassial teeth

63
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What is oligodentia?

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Less than normal number of teeth

64
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What is polydentia?

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To many teeth/supernumerary teeth?

65
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What is enamel hypoplasia?

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Partial loss if enamel. Enamel is irregular, pitted, thinner than normal. Caused by systemic disturbances during tooth development

66
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What causes tetracycling staining?

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Caused by administration of tetracycling antibiotics to pregnant damn or growing animals

67
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What is the major cause of tooth loss in dogs?

A

Periodontal disease?

68
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What percent does periodontal diseases affect cats and dogs over 6?

69
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What is periodontal disease?

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Disease charactorized by inflammation and destruction of the periodontal tissue that supports the tooth

70
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What is stage one of periodontal disease?

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Gingivitis: inflammation of the gums caused by bacterial toxins. The immune systems reactions to the bacteria and the mechanical trauma caused by calculus.

71
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How deep will the sulcus be in stage one of periodontal disease?

72
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Is there any attachment loss in stage one of periodontal disease?

73
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What are the signs of stage one periodontal disease?

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Red gingival margin, exudate from sulcus (bleeding, fetid, breath)

74
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What happens in stages 2-4 of periodontal disease?

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Inflammation of sub gingival periodontal structures, caused by extension of plaque build up and inflammation beginning at gingiva. Progressive destruction of periodontal ligaments and alveolar bone.

75
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When is stage two of periodontal disease observed?

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4-6 years of age

76
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How much gingiva is lost ate stage two of periodontal disease?

77
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How much gingiva is lost at stage 3?

78
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How much gingiva is lost at stage four of periodontal disease?

79
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What is fur cation?

A

Where the two roots divide

80
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At is tooth attrition?

A

Wear of the tooth crown

81
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What are two types of tooth fractures?

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Slab fracture and pulp exposeur

82
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What is pulpitis?

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Inflammation of pulp tissue. Tooth will turn red, pink, then blueish. Can be caused by infection of the pulp cavity or trauma. Tooth is dead

83
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What is gingival hyperplasia?

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Excess gingival tissue covering the tooth crown and giving more room for plaque.

84
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What is cyclosporine?

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Drug that sometimes can cause gingival hyperplasia

85
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What is epulis?

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Localized swelling on gingiva that is usually benign. Typically only 1 or 2

86
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What is malignant melanoma?

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Most common in dogs, large black growth.

87
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What percent of cancers in dogs are dental tumors?

88
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What is squamous cell carcinoma?

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Malignant cancer that eats away tissue, most common in cats

89
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What is fibrosarcoma?

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Looks similar to epulis

90
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What is gingivostomatis?

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Severe inflammation of the soft tissues in the oral cavity of cats. Can be painful. Often associated w/ plaque build up. Result of hyper responsive immune system.

91
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What is hyper responsive immune system?

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Immunoglobulins, sub mucosal inflammatory cells present

92
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What can help gingivostomatis?

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Glucorticoids

93
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How many cats have feline odontoclastic resorptive liesions?

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What are feline odontoclastic resorptive leisions?

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Resorption of cementum, dentin, and enamel by odontoclasts. Liesions are hidden underneath the gum line.

96
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What surfaces are most often effected by feline odontoclastic resorption liesions?

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Buccal surfaces of premolars and molars

97
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what is a normal sulcus depth in a cat?

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