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Dorsoventral view of the head of the maned wolf with infraorbital swellings, abscess formation, and fistulation.
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The animal had difficulty in eating solid foods and presented bilateral infraorbital swellings, resulting in abscess formation and fistulation (Figure 1).
Laterolateral (oblique) head radiography of a maned wolf showing two unerupted maxillary canine teeth (the red arrow) and an unerupted right mandibular canine tooth (the blue arrow).
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A head radiography revealed two unerupted maxillary canine teeth and an unerupted right mandibular canine tooth (Figure 2).
Labial alveolectomy during open extraction of the left maxillary canine tooth.
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A burr on a slow-speed handpiece under irrigation with sterile saline was used to perform alveolectomy (Figure 3).