Changes in the Dentition of Small Dogs up to 4 Months of Age
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
- Age in days and rounded in weeks;
- Dentition characteristics: missing tooth is marked in white, erupting tooth in red, growing tooth in yellow and deciduous tooth in line in green square;
- Graphical representation of the time between birth and four months of age.
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Lorászkó, G.; Rácz, B.; Ózsvári, L. Changes in the Dentition of Small Dogs up to 4 Months of Age. Animals 2022, 12, 1417. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111417
Lorászkó G, Rácz B, Ózsvári L. Changes in the Dentition of Small Dogs up to 4 Months of Age. Animals. 2022; 12(11):1417. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111417
Chicago/Turabian StyleLorászkó, Gábor, Bence Rácz, and László Ózsvári. 2022. "Changes in the Dentition of Small Dogs up to 4 Months of Age" Animals 12, no. 11: 1417. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111417
APA StyleLorászkó, G., Rácz, B., & Ózsvári, L. (2022). Changes in the Dentition of Small Dogs up to 4 Months of Age. Animals, 12(11), 1417. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111417