Or possibly you may find it gross, like Phil did. Either way I think its quite educational, especially if you have a rabbit with dental (particularly tooth root) problems.
I was shocked to see the state of Inca's teeth below the gum line. We had them removed due to maloclausion but looking at the way the root was twisted, junctured and fractured on all his teeth it must have been very uncomfortable, especially as the roots were about 1.7cms long.
Please excuse the blood
All four, uppers and lowers:
Uppers to scale:
Lowers to scale:
Here you can see how the upper incisors have a junction running down the center. At the base they have split and one side has twisted and raised. The tooth should have a gradual, continual, natural curve:
This shows how much of the tooth is actually exposed, the rest all sits below the gum line:
This shows where the exposed tooth ends and the 'root' begins:
So all in all the little guy had pretty messed up teeth.
I was shocked to see the state of Inca's teeth below the gum line. We had them removed due to maloclausion but looking at the way the root was twisted, junctured and fractured on all his teeth it must have been very uncomfortable, especially as the roots were about 1.7cms long.
Please excuse the blood
All four, uppers and lowers:
Uppers to scale:
Lowers to scale:
Here you can see how the upper incisors have a junction running down the center. At the base they have split and one side has twisted and raised. The tooth should have a gradual, continual, natural curve:
This shows how much of the tooth is actually exposed, the rest all sits below the gum line:
This shows where the exposed tooth ends and the 'root' begins:
So all in all the little guy had pretty messed up teeth.