fracture of upper right ...Figure 5A.2 22‐year old mountain lion. Right lower canine #404 has internal ...Figure 5A.3 22‐year old mountain lion. Right lower canine #404 has been surg...Figure 5A.4 15‐year old tiger (See also Figures 5A.5 & 5A.6 below). Complica...Figure 5A.5 15‐year old tiger. Radiograph shows lucent infected apical delta...Figure 5A.6 15‐year old tiger. Under‐filled apical delta. Time constraints p...Figure 5A.7 A 16‐year old, 350 lb. neutered male tiger. An apical bulbous ca...Figure 5A.8 Successful obturation of both bulbous apical canal and apical de...Figure 5A.9.1 Tiger canine tooth (see also Figures 5A.9.2 and 5A.9.3). Maxil...Figure 5A.9.2 Radiograph of tiger canine tooth from above photo.Figure 5A.9.3 Tiger canine tooth showing incomplete mid‐canal obturation (
6 Chapter 5BFigure 5B.18.1 An eight‐year old wolf has a complicated crown fracture of th...Figure 5B.18.2 An eight‐year old wolf. The intra‐oral surgical incision is a...Figure 5B.18.3 Eight‐year old wolf. Standard root canal therapy has been com...Figure 5B.18.4 Eight‐year old wolf. Retrograde exposure and apicoectomy has ...Figure 5B.18.5 Eight‐year old wolf. X‐ray, showing the apicoectomy and back‐...Figure 5B.18.5a After the apicoectomy, above, a slot preparation, as shown, ...Figure 5B.18.6 Eight‐year old wolf. The surgical site has been closed with c...Figure 5B.19.1 18‐year‐old, 260 lb./118 kg, Fs tiger.Figure 5B.19.2 Mandibular canine fistulous Tract (◯). A draining tract can b...Figure 5B.19.3 Lower right canine #404 abscess (◯).Figure 5B.19.4 71 mm working length.Figure 5B.19.5 Open apex.Figure 5B.19.6 There had been intermittent draining for five years. There wa...Figure 5B.19.7 Crown‐down root canal preparation and obturation.Figure 5B.19.8 Chlorhexidine scrub and an extra‐oral 3‐inch incision was mad...Figure 5B.19.9 The retrograde preparation was performed with a #2 round bur....Figure 5B.19.10 The coronal access was prepared with a barrel diamond bur, a...
7 Chapter 5DFigure 5D.1 Jaguar: root canal therapy, prosthesis and TMS pin restorative r...Figure 5D.2 Jaguar: Crown placement and occlusal evaluation.
8 Chapter 5EFigure 5E.1 An 18‐year old, 410 lb. Tiger with a complicated crown‐root frac...Figure 5E.2 Standard root canal therapy has been performed and a gingivectom...Figure 5E.3 Osteoplasty and odontoplasty are being performed with a diamond ...Figure 5E.4 Z‐250 3M posterior composite is being placed to re‐conform a hea...Figure 5E.5 The surface restoration is smoothed with a plastic placement ins...Figure 5E.6 The restoration is light‐cured.Figure 5E.7 The finished treatment showing a healthy gingival margin.Figure 5E.8 Diagram of infra‐bony pocket created from long axis crown fractu...Figure 5E.9.1 Apically repositioned flap in the left lower canine #304 of a ...Figure 5E.9.2 One‐year postoperative image in same tiger (above).
9 Chapter 5FFigure 5F.1 A powerful, portable dental delivery system. Electrical surgery ...Figure 5F.2 An electro‐surgical unit provides reduced bleeding compared to c...Figure 5F.3 A set of equine wolf‐tooth elevators are more stout than small a...Figure 5F.4 Equine extracting forceps offer a mechanical advantage.Figure 5F.5.1 20‐year old, 425 lb. tiger. A full‐thickness gingival flap has...Figure 5F.5.2 20‐year old, 425 lb. tiger. A 10 mm Osteotome and mallet can s...Figure 5F.5.3 A 1 in./2.54 cm gouge and mallet. Occasional use of this instr...Figure 5F.5.4 A 10 mm bone curet is useful to remove bacteria‐laden granulom...Figure 5F.5.5 A large double‐action Rongeur forceps facilitates removal of s...Figure 5F.5.6 Oral surgery can be accompanied by significant bleeding.Figure 5F.5.7 A portable suction machine is also a tremendous asset, improvi...Figure 5F.5.8 The surgery site was closed with a full‐thickness gingival adv...Figure 5F.6.1 Six‐year‐old Bengal Tiger Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae, Panter...Figure 5F.6.2 Notice the wry bite (