Vol. 9, Issue 4, Part H (2024)

Author(s): KB Patel, Hardi N Patel, Vaishnavi A Patel, Maitri J Patel, NH Joshi, MM Chudasama and MC Desai

Abstract: The present study on gross morphology of incisor teeth was carried out on 12 skulls of Mehsana buffalo. Among these, 6 skulls had all deciduous incisors and other 6 had all permanent incisors. All incisors were observed for gross morphological features in intact skull and after sculpturing them from the skulls. There were four pairs of incisors placed obliquely in the body of mandible. In the upper jaw, incisors were found to be absent. The incisors consisted a crown, a neck and a root. All incisor teeth of buffalo were found to be brachydont type. The crown of permanent incisors was shovel shaped with slight lateral extension. The labial surface was convex, smooth and extended more distally. Both these surfaces united dorsally and formed sharp incisor border. The crown tapered towards the root and formed the distinct neck. The root was thicker and cylindrically tapering. The crowns of first to third incisors were almost similar in size. The first incisor was relatively straight. The curvature of root increased towards lateral side from second to fourth incisor. All the four deciduous incisors were almost similar in resemblance but smaller than respective permanent ones. The roots were relatively thinner and much longer in the deciduous incisors. The lateral curvature increased from first to fourth incisors. The crown size was decreased from first to fourth. In young animals, the deciduous incisors were crowded and their crowns were found overlapped.

DOI: 10.22271/veterinary.2024.v9.i4h.1592