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    Re: Defanged RTB?

    Quote Originally Posted by xotikpetz View Post
    I do know they grow back from a bite, no idea with a surgical removal.

    I did however just check, amd she does have teeth, at least on the bottom

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    You'd have to remove parts of the jaw to remove the dental lamina for them to not grow back. They can grow from cultured slices of the dental lamina. They also don't really have tooth sockets so that's not an issue.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3760860/
    Last edited by Kcl; 05-31-2017 at 12:02 PM.

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