A fresh look at the anatomy and physiology of equine mastication

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-272

  Dixon, Padraic M ^a   du Toit, Nicole ^b   Staszyk, Carsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Justus Liebig University Giessen ^*  (South Africa)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental anatomy; Dentinal thickness; Dentistry; Equine; Horse; Periodontium; Pulp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CEMENTUM; DENTAL ANATOMY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTINAL THICKNESS; DENTISTRY; ENAMEL; EQUIDAE; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MASTICATION; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PULP; REVIEW; TOOTH; TOOTH DISEASE;

DENTAL ANATOMY; DENTINAL THICKNESS; DENTISTRY; EQUINE; HORSE; PERIODONTIUM; PULP;

ANIMALS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CEMENTUM; DENTAL ENAMEL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MASTICATION; TOOTH; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 84881113308     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2013.04.006     Document Type: Review

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