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==Introduction==

==Introduction==

[[Image:Dental rasping donkey.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center>Dental rasping (floating) (Image courtesy of [http://drupal.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk The Donkey Sanctuary])</center></small>]]

[[Image:Dental rasping donkey.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center>Dental rasping (floating) (Image courtesy of [http://drupal.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk The Donkey Sanctuary])</center></small>]]

==Clinical signs==

==Clinical signs==

Most common clinical signs are associated with [[Donkey - Dental Overgrowths|sharp dental overgrowths]] described in the relevant section.

Most common clinical signs are associated with [[Dental Overgrowths - Donkey|sharp dental overgrowths]] described in the relevant section.

Other signs of dental disease that always require veterinary treatment include '''facial swellings''', especially of the mandible or of the maxillary bones. The presence of '''draining sinus tracts''' (openings from which pus drains) from such swellings may provide further evidence of dental involvement, usually of cheek teeth apical infections. The presence of a '''unilateral nasal discharge '''(persistent and purulent, possibly malodorous) may be due to dental sinusitis (inflammation of the maxillary sinus caused by infection of the fourth to sixth maxillary cheek teeth). Less commonly, periapical infection of the first or second (Triadan 06 or 07) or, occasionally, the third (Triadan 08) cheek teeth (see Appendix 7(b)) will discharge medially into the nasal cavity, also causing a chronic, unilateral, purulent nasal discharge, instead of the possible facial swelling and sinus tract.

Other signs of dental disease that always require veterinary treatment include '''facial swellings''', especially of the mandible or of the maxillary bones. The presence of '''draining sinus tracts''' (openings from which pus drains) from such swellings may provide further evidence of dental involvement, usually of cheek teeth apical infections. The presence of a '''unilateral nasal discharge '''(persistent and purulent, possibly malodorous) may be due to dental sinusitis (inflammation of the maxillary sinus caused by infection of the fourth to sixth maxillary cheek teeth). Less commonly, periapical infection of the first or second (Triadan 06 or 07) or, occasionally, the third (Triadan 08) cheek teeth (see Appendix 7(b)) will discharge medially into the nasal cavity, also causing a chronic, unilateral, purulent nasal discharge, instead of the possible facial swelling and sinus tract.

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'''[[Donkey - Normal Teeth|Normal Teeth]]

'''[[Normal Teeth - Donkey|Normal Teeth]]

'''[[Donkey - Examination of the Oral Cavity|Examination of the Oral Cavity]]

'''[[Oral Cavity Examination - Donkey|Examination of the Oral Cavity]]

'''[[Donkey - Dental Overgrowths|Dental Overgrowths]]

'''[[Dental Overgrowths - Donkey|Dental Overgrowths]]

'''[[Donkey - Disorders of Incisor Teeth|Disorders of the Incisor Teeth]]

'''[[Incisor Teeth Disorders - Donkey|Disorders of the Incisor Teeth]]

'''[[Donkey - Disorders of Canine Teeth|Disorders of the Canine Teeth]]

'''[[Canine Teeth Disorders - Donkey|Disorders of the Canine Teeth]]

'''[[Donkey - Disorders of Cheek Teeth|Disorders of the Cheek Teeth]]

'''[[Cheek Teeth Disorders - Donkey|Disorders of the Cheek Teeth]]

'''[[Donkey - Periodontal Disease|Periodontal Disease]]

'''[[Periodontal Disease - Donkey|Periodontal Disease]]

 

'''[[Dental Disease (Geriatric) - Donkey|Geriatric Donkey Dental Disease]]

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==References==

==References==

* Dacre, I., Dixon, P. and Gosden, L. (2008) Dental problems In Svendsen, E.D., Duncan, J. and Hadrill, D. (2008) ''The Professional Handbook of the Donkey'', 4th edition, Whittet Books, Chapter 5

* Dacre, I., Dixon, P. and Gosden, L. (2008) Dental problems In Svendsen, E.D., Duncan, J. and Hadrill, D. (2008) ''The Professional Handbook of the Donkey'', 4th edition, Whittet Books, Chapter 5