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No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. While the gross skull and dental morphology, masticatory biomechanics, dental eruption patterns, and radiographic dental anatomy has been described in the Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii , to date no studies have comprehensively examined the prevalence and appearance of pathologic processes affecting their skulls and dentition.
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As such, the aim of this study was to describe macroscopic and radiographic anatomy and identify the prevalence of anatomic variations and pathological processes in Tasmanian devil dentition and skulls. To do so, anatomical and pathological findings were documented in Tasmanian devil skulls using photography and dental radiography.
Assessment of skull trauma, anatomical and developmental abnormalities, periodontitis, endodontic disease, and tooth resorption was performed. A total of 28 Tasmanian devil skulls containing 1, teeth were examined. Evidence of postmortem trauma was common. The most common positional abnormality was palatal or buccal rotation of the premolar teeth.
While the alveolar bone margin was commonly positioned apically to the cementoenamel junction Tooth fractures were common, affecting 27 skulls, however radiographic signs of endodontic disease were only noted in 4. A wider root canal width, which was used as a criterion for age determination, was associated with smaller skull dimensions, incompletely erupted teeth, and subjectively less fusion of the mandibular symphysis.
