Dental and Periodontal Health in Free-Ranging Swedish Brown Bears (Ursus arctos)

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 170-176

  Stromquist A ^a   Fahlman, Å ^b   Arnemo, J M ^a,c,d   Pettersson, A ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d Scandinavian Brown Bear Project   (Sweden)

Author keywords

dental disease; enamel defects; periodontal; Swedish brown bear

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEAR; CANINE TOOTH; DENTAL HEALTH; ENAMEL; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL ERUPTION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PH; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOOTH SIZE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; SALIVA; SWEDEN; TOOTH ATTRITION; URSIDAE;

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 67649827311     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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