Malocclusion in inbred strain-2 weanling guineapigs

Rest, Joan; Richards, Trevor; Ball, Sarah E.

doi:10.1258/002367782780908850

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“…Diet may not be as important a factor in causing dental disease as often perceived. Rather, lack of occlusion, due to either acquired or hereditary factors, appears more plausible, and both effects of minerally imbalanced diets (Jekl and Redrobe, ) and genetic involvement (Rest et al., ) have been demonstrated in rodents. Therefore, we recommend that clinicians take into account these other reasons for dental disease, such as mineral imbalances (i.e.…”

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“…Again, this shifts the focus to other factors, in particular hereditary ones. Although detailed studies are lacking, Rest et al (1982) reported the occurrence of malocclusion, including photographic documentation of 'bridge formation' of the mandibular cheek teeth, in a colony of guinea pigs where the problem could be reduced when excluding relatives of affected animals from breeding.…”

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Tooth length and incisal wear and growth in guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) fed diets of different abrasiveness

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Clauss

Codron

et al. 2014

Animal Physiology Nutrition

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Dental diseases are among the most important reasons for presenting guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) and other rodents to veterinary clinics, but the aetiopathology of this disease complex is unclear. Clinicians tend to believe that the ever-growing teeth of rabbits and rodents have a constant growth that needs to be worn down by the mastication of an appropriate diet. In this study, we tested the effect of four different pelleted diets of increasing abrasiveness [due to both internal (phytoliths) and external abrasives (sand)] or whole grass hay fed for 2 weeks each in random order to 16 guinea pigs on incisor growth and wear, and tooth length of incisors and cheek teeth. There was a positive correlation between wear and growth of incisors. Tooth lengths depended both on internal and external abrasives, but only upper incisors were additionally affected by the feeding of whole hay. Diet effects were most prominent in anterior cheek teeth, in particular M1 and m1. Cheek tooth angle did not become shallower with decreasing diet abrasiveness, suggesting that a lack of dietary abrasiveness does not cause the typical 'bridge formation' of anterior cheek teeth frequently observed in guinea pigs. The findings suggest that other factors than diet abrasiveness, such as mineral imbalances and in particular hereditary malocclusion, are more likely causes for dental problems observed in this species.

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