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canine

In mammalian carnivores, any of the long, often pointed teeth found at the front of the mouth between the incisors and premolars. Canine teeth are used for catching prey, for killing, and for tearing flesh. They are absent in herbivores such as rabbits and sheep, and are much reduced in humans.



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The lesion was subsequently removed with powered instrumentation via an inferior meatal approach, with observation through a telescope passed via the canine fossa (figure).
Powered endoscopic inferior meatal antrostomy under canine fossa ... by Yanagisawa, Ken / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Another way to biopsy such a mass is via the canine fossa approach as described by Draf [1] and Stammberger.
Trans-canine-fossa maxillary sinoscopy for biopsy via the Stammberger ... by Klenoff, Jason R. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
If symptoms and findings persist, anterior rhinoscopy via a canine fossa or a mini-Caldwell-Luc approach should be performed and pathology should be removed.
Endoscopic view of a mucocele in an infraorbital ethmoid cell (Haller ... by Yanagisawa, Ken / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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