Sentences with phrase «small jaw bone»

Other potential risk factors include large tonsils, a small jaw bone, a large tongue and having sleep apnea in the family.

The leading cause of tooth loss is gingivitis and, because of their smaller jaw bone, small breeds lose their teeth more frequently than larger breeds.

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Premaxillae are the small bones at the tip of the upper jaw of most animals, but are enlarged and fused to form the beak of birds.

The skeleton of the fish, named Materpiscis, or «mother fish,» contained the teeth, jaws, skull bones, and body plates of a much smaller member of the same species, as well as an umbilical cord connecting the two.

It consists of half a skull, lower jaw with an almost entire set of conical teeth, right shoulder blade and two small bones from the dolphin's flipper.

Based on the new study's findings, S. melilutra's jaws would have been strong enough to crush the shells of big mollusks or the bones of birds and small mammals like rodents, though what exactly it ate is unknown.

He is scheduled to undergo one more procedure later this afternoon (a bone graft to a very small piece of the jaw).

Calcium, phosphorus and essential vitamins for strong bones and teeth and special «puppy - sized» kibble for smaller jaws that promote tartar removal

Chewing bones from a smaller age will help dogs to stop suffering from unnecessary teeth, jaw and stomach upsets later in life.

The incisors are the small teeth in the front of the jaw that are used for scraping meat remnants from bones and picking up items.

Small dogs have very distinct physiological traits such as jaw size, bone structure, digestive systems, and high energy requirements which can benefit from specialized nutrition.

Very small dogs have unique physiological traits, such as jaw size, bone strength and sensitive digestive systems, which can benefit from specialized nutrition.

In the wild, these teeth would perform a variety of tasks such as grooming (the 6 small incisors at the front of each jaw), grasping and killing prey (the 4 long canines, also called «fangs»), and crushing and shearing the meat off the prey's bones to eat (the pointed molars and premolars along the sides of the jaws, also called «cheek teeth»).

The gums, or gingiva, cover the bone of the jaw and attatch to the cementum of the roots leaving a small pocket, or gingival sulcus, normally less than 2 mm deep in dogs, between the enamel of the crown and the gingiva.