Key features include:

• Covers the dental anatomy and physiology of all small mammal species commonly kept as pets.
• Intraoral radiography and innovative positioning for imaging the guinea pig and chinchilla dentitions are described, enabling the practitioner to visualize each tooth in detail.
• Once a diagnosis has been reached, selection of different treatments and the advantages and disadvantages of each surgical technique are discussed.
• Offers helpful directives for approaching and treating dental disease without the need for referral to a specialist or the use of expensive equipment.
  
  
  Table of Contents
  1 Dental treatment of small mammals — development and aim
  
  2 Basics of odontology
  
  3 Systematics and anatomical characteristics of the lagomorphs and rodents
  
  4 Clinical examination
  
  5 Radiographic examination
  
  6 Computed tomography
  
  7 Anaesthesia and analgesia
  
  8 Instruments for diagnostics and therapy
  
  9 Incisor changes
  
  10 Changes of cheek teeth
  
  11 Abscesses
  
  12 Periodontopathies and caries
  
  13 Other changes of the jaw
  
  14 Follow-up and prognosis
  
  15 Appendix
  
  REFERENCES
  
  INDEX
  
  
  Author Information
  Dr Estella Böhmer, DVM, Dr. med. vet. is Senior Physician at the Clinic of Small Animal Surgery and Reproduction, Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany, and head of the department for small mammal surgery.  She is an official consultant on small mammals for the Veterinary Information Network.  She also lectures on small mammal dentistry seminars in Germany.