Original scientific paper
The potential of virtual imaging in the understanding of normal and abnormal tusk structure in wild boar (Sus scrofa L.)
Dean Konjević
orcid.org/0000-0002-8584-9825
; Department for Game Biology, Pathology and Breeding, Veterinary Faculty University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Vera Njemirovskij
; Department of Dental Anthropology, Dental School, University of Zagreb, Gundulićeva 5, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Jakov Radovčić
; Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Krešimir Severin
; Department for Game Biology, Pathology and Breeding, Veterinary Faculty University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Luka Manojlović
; Moslavina Hunting Husbandry, Trg D. Petrovića 5, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Miljenko Marotti
; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Sestre Milosrdnice Clinical Hospital, Vinogradska 29, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Alen Slavica
; Department for Game Biology, Pathology and Breeding, Veterinary Faculty University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Results of non invasive virtual imaging of normal and altered wild boar tusks are presented. Pathologically altered tusk structure is presented for two pairs of mandibular canines that experienced different traumatic impacts and in one lower mandible with a complete loss of the right lower canine. Wild boar tusks represent a valuable material for dental pathologists due to their characteristic position and consequent predisposition to injury, their enormous reparative potential and the fact that they are collected and kept as trophies over extended periods of time. However, their value as trophy often limits the possibility of analysis of internal structural changes by destructive methods. In this situation, the use of non invasive methods can provide insights into the nature of pathological and reparation processes related to traumatic impacts on wild boar tusks.
Keywords
wild boar; tusk; virtual imaging; structure analysis
Hrčak ID:
33974
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Publication date:
31.12.2008.
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