Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2438585 | Journal of Comparative Pathology | 2006 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
SummarySince 2003, nine squirrels were presented at a South African veterinary dental practice with lesions in the maxilla consistent with the clinical, radiological and histological features of odontomas as described in prairie dogs, rats and mice. These odontoma-like masses have not previously been described in squirrels. This report describes the clinico-pathological features and possible pathogenesis of the lesions and proposes the term “elodontoma” for these hamartomatous odontogenic lesions in the jaws of animals with continuously erupting (elodont) teeth.
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Authors
S.C. Boy, G. Steenkamp,