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Deciduous teeth (milk teeth) generally will be pushed off as the adult teeth erupt.  Sometimes deciduous incisors are retained as can be seen in the photographs below.

Deciduous Incisors - Before Deciduous Incisors - After Deciduous Incisors - Extracted Teeth

 This is an example of central upper deciduous incisors that were digitally loose.

Decidous Incisors - Before

Deciduous Incisors - After

Deciduous Incisors - After

An unusual customer

I had the privilege of accompanying Sue Downie (Black Rhino Monitoring Project), Dr Pete Morkel (Co-ordinator of Rhino Projects, Frankfurt Zoological Society) and the SANParks veterinary team to Karoo National Park to assist in their quest to improve the eating capabilities of Mpumalele, a +/-28 year old black rhino. Nose to hook lip with this incredible beast, I was able to file the buccal (outside) and palatal (inside) eges on the maxillary (upper) molars, and the lingual (inside) edges on the mandibular (lower) molars. Click here to view a short video clip.

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