title: Restoration of fractured canines in ferrets after one-step root canal treatment.
abstract: This article describes a one-step root canal treatment and restoration of canine teeth in ferrets. Standard brass posts were used for the reconstruction of the teeth. The procedures were performed by dentists according to all rules and procedures used in root canal treatment in humans. The teeth were immediately restored anatomically. The procedures were successfully performed in four ferrets aged between 6 and 20 months of age, in three upper and one lower canines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Warszawska 30, 10-082 Olsztyn, Poland. marek@bladowski.eu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bladowski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kotowicz-Gears
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wojtkiewicz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003481:Cuspid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005289:Ferrets; D008297:Male; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*