what is dental formula of rabbit
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Dental disease is common in pet rabbits and can produce a wide range of clinical signs and symptoms. Underlying causes of dental disease are still subject to debate, but can be divided in congenital and acquired disease. Congenital dental disease is usually limited to malocclusion of incisors, especially in dwarf or brachycephalic breeds. Acquired dental disease can be related to nutrition (lack of wearing, metabolic bone disease), trauma or age-related attrition. Treatment of dental disease is designed to return anatomy and function as close to normal as possible, and to control associated infection and inflammation.
Proper diagnosis and treatment of dental disease requires a thorough understanding of normal rabbit dental anatomy and physiology. The rabbit has continually growing, open rooted (elodont) incisors and molars. Premolars and molars are anatomically indistinguishable, and are therefore simply termed "cheek teeth". There are two pairs of maxillary incisors, the second smaller incisors located behind the larger, easily visible incisors. These are commonly called "peg teeth". The normal dental formula of rabbits is I2/1 C0/0 P3/2 M3/3 for 28 teeth. When the jaw is at rest, the mandibular incisors rest between the first and second maxillary incisor teeth. Maxillary first incisors are shorter than the mandibular incisors, and have a central longitudinal groove on the labial aspect that is not present on the mandibular incisors. Normal grinding motions during chewing produce sufficient wear to keep incisors at the proper length in the normal animal. Normal molars have longitudinal grooves on the buccal aspect of each tooth, and the occlusal surfaces are flat, but not smooth. Irregular surfaces help in the crushing of hard, fibrous food. Similar to incisors, normal crushing of food produces adequate wearing of continually growing cheek teeth in the normal animal. There is no significant interproximal space between incisor or cheek teeth.
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Hey mate here is your answer,
Incisor:2/1
Canines:0/0
Premolar:3/2
Molar:3/3
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