{"topic_id":"exotic_chinchilla_dental_disease","category":"exotic-pet-health","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_chinchilla_dental_disease\ncategory: exotic-pet-health\ntitle: \"Chinchilla dental disease — malocclusion and molar overgrowth\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Chinchilla dental disease — malocclusion and molar overgrowth\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_chinchilla.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Chinchilla dental disease — malocclusion and molar overgrowth\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Chinchilla dental disease — malocclusion and molar overgrowth\nVerbatim first-hand facts from Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference). All bullets are exact substrings of the cited source and C1-substring verified.\n## Dental disease\n- Dental Disease of Chinchillas Crown and root abnormalities of the cheek teeth are common in chinchillas.\n- Abnormalities related to subclinical dental disease have been reported in one-third of apparently healthy chinchillas presented for routine physical examination ( 35 ).\n- Nutritional causes (eg, less abrasive diet in captivity) and genetic causes have been proposed as predisposing factors for the development of dental disease.\n","sources":["exotic-pet-health — Chinchilla dental disease — malocclusion and molar overgrowth (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-health","title":"Chinchilla dental disease — malocclusion and molar overgrowth","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_chinchilla.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_chinchilla.txt","tokens_estimated":223,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}