Examination of the dental and maxillofacial anomalies and pathologies in 106 south-western rhinoceros skulls from Etosha National Park, Namibia

This is a descriptive dataset on the dental and maxillofacial pathologies and anomalies of 106 south-western black rhinoceros skulls. The data was collected from skulls on rhinoceros skulls stored at the Etosha National Park and evaluation criteria was used to describe the dental pathologies identified on the skulls upon carefully examining and studying these skulls. This dataset includes criteria on tooth fractures, periodontitis, tooth abrasion and erosion, and tooth presence, as well as the presence of diastema on tooth and an evaluation of the pathological lessions such as osteomyelitis, osteosarcoma, and pathologies related to the temporomandibular joints.
The findings on all tooth from the 106 rhinoceros skulls are recorded in this dataset, and an indication of the prevalence of the pathological lessions in the rhinoceros skulls was concluded. Bard graphs, pie charts, and pictures are used to give an indication of the distribution of the pathological findings in the 106 skulls examined in the dissertation drawn from this dataset.

本数据集为描述性数据集，涵盖106具西南黑犀牛头骨的牙科与颌面病理学特征及异常表现。本次研究的数据采集自埃托沙国家公园（Etosha National Park）馆藏的犀牛头骨，研究人员通过细致检视与系统研究这些头骨，并依托标准化评估规范，对其上发现的牙科病变进行了完整记录与描述。本数据集包含的评估指标涵盖：牙齿折断、牙周炎（periodontitis）、牙齿磨耗与侵蚀、牙齿存留状态，以及牙齿间隙（diastema）的存在情况；同时包含对骨髓炎（osteomyelitis）、骨肉瘤（osteosarcoma）等病理性损伤，以及颞下颌关节（temporomandibular joints）相关病变的评估内容。
本数据集完整记录了106具犀牛头骨所有牙齿的观测结果，并基于此总结出了犀牛头骨中病理性损伤的患病流行情况。依托本数据集完成的学位论文中，采用柱状图（bar graphs，原文笔误为Bard graphs）、饼图（pie charts）与实拍图片，对本次研究检视的106具头骨的病理性发现分布特征进行了可视化呈现。