In recent years, dentistry has steadily gained more prominence in veterinary medicine, including exotic and wild animal medicine. It is known that dental diseases are among the most common diseases in captured big cats. However, so far, there is no standardized method for dental radiography in...

Due to the superior image quality and positioning possibilities, digital intraoral radiography is gaining increasing significance and interest in veterinary dentistry. Since the majority of dental diseases are located at the root or in the surrounding bone, intraoral X-ray technology is...

The intra-oral radiography is an essential diagnosis imaging method, in patients submitted to dental treatment of any nature, especially cases of periodontal diseases. It allows the evaluation of structural bone and dental diseases, elucidating multiple diagnoses, which are not clinically proven....

Practical relevance: Information crucial to the diagnosis and treatment of feline oral diseases can be ascertained using dental radiography and the inclusion of this technology has been shown to be the best way to improve a dental practice. Becoming familiar with the techniques required for dental...

Background: Dental radiography is an essential tool in veterinary dentistry and should be considered the standard of care for patients undergoing dentistry procedures. Radiography allows more accurate diagnosis of pathology in the oral cavity, as well as providing a thorough assessment of the...

Tooth resorption is the most common dental disease in cats and can be a source of oral pain. The current clinical gold standard for diagnosis includes a combination of oral exam and dental radiography, however early lesions are not always detected. Computed tomography (CT) of the skull, including...

The most common oral and dental diseases in cats are periodontal disease, tooth resorption, tooth fractures and feline chronic gingivostomatitis. Owners rarely report signs in their cat. A visual oral examination should be performed on every feline patient, although a clinical examination alone...

A 1.5-year-old European cat with malocclusion of the rostral mandible due to a fall from the third floor is reported. The animal was stabilized and the pain was controlled on the day of the fally. Physical examination revealed the absence of the first lower right incisor, and complicated dental...

In human dentistry the intraoral radiography is considered standard procedure. It becomes a vital tool for a specialized veterinary dentist, too. Radiography helps us to establish the diagnosis and to decide on the treatment. Intraoral (dental) radiograph is preferable to a veterinary X-ray...

The aim of this research was to evaluate the right maxilla hemiarcade of cats through parallel dental radiographic techniques, applying Han Shin intraoral film positioner. Images obtained with this method were correlated with conventional radiographic techniques (extraoral). The goal was to...