Dentistry and Oral Surgery

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

Every dog and cat has teeth.  And oral disease is the most common diagnosis in companion animals.  Elevate the dental services offered by your practice by elevating your knowledge and clinical skills in veterinary dentistry.

This course will allow the attendee to become proficient with the recognition, diagnosis and treatment of common oral disease in dogs and cats.  This week-long program includes laboratories in oral radiography, oral surgery and periodontal disease.  This course includes regional anesthesia, surgical extractions, oral fracture repair, endodontics, restorative dentistry and orthodontics.  The course will enable the attendee to become proficient with the recognition, diagnosis and treatment of very common oral disease in dogs and cats.  

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

As a result of attending this course, participants will be able to:  

• perform regional anesthesia that will increase patient comfort and decrease anesthesia costs.
• perform periodontal surgery which can grow a practice without adding new clients.
• offer endodontic therapy which is another option to extraction and another practice service.
• perform oral surgical techniques that avoid broken root tips, perform oral tumor surgery, and treat oral fractures.  
• understand intraoral radiography and improve oral diagnostic and therapeutic techniques.

COURSE TEXTBOOKS

Veterinary Dentistry Practice and Principles.  Wiggs RB, Lobprise HB. 1st ed.  Wiley-Blackwell; 1997.
Veterinary Dental Techniques.  Holmstrom SE, Frost P, Eisner ER.  3rd ed.  Saunders; 2004.

COURSE LEADER

William Gengler, DVM, DAVDC

FACULTY

Brett Beckman, DVM, DAVDC
Donald Beebe, DVM, DAVDC
R. Michael Peak, DVM, DAVDC