Oral biology and disorders of tusked mammals

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 689-725

  Steenkamp, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DROPSIN; DYCAL; FORMOCRESOL; GENTAMICIN; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IODINE; IODOFORM; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PENICILLIN G; POVIDONE IODINE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC OXIDE EUGENOL;

ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGY; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTITION; ELEPHANT; ENDODONTICS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GINGIVECTOMY; HYPODONTIA; MAMMAL; MOUTH ABSCESS; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTITIS; REVIEW; SPECIES; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH INJURY; TOOTH MALFORMATION; TOOTH PULP;

ANIMALIA; BROSME BROSME; ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0141963220     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1094-9194(03)00035-5     Document Type: Review

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