Canine/Feline Dentistry 101

Overview:

Unfortunately, veterinary schools do not teach advanced dental training to their students. Students are lucky to receive just a few hours of dental education and they go into the workforce with marginal training. It happened to me as well.

This seminar allows the practitioner to get a comprehensive overview of canine and feline dental anatomy and pathology, as well as identifying radiographic pathology. Periodontal disease, the bread and butter of your dental practice, will be reviewed. The hands-on laboratory will show the attendee how to perform crown amputations and surgical extractions in the cat, surgical extractions of the maxillary canine tooth and maxillary 4th premolar in the dog, as well as regional nerve blocks and pain management for the dog and cat.

7:30  Registration

8:00-5:00  Interactive lecture

• Understanding what equipment you will need to perform dentistry…Well
• Identify abnormal canine and feline oral pathology
• Radiographic interpretation session
• Periodontology 101…Why Is This So Darn Important
• The ‘Pathos’ of dentistry…how to translate what you know into action

8:00 am- 12:00 pm  (Feline pain management and oral surgery)

• Step-by-step instruction on crown amputations and extractions in the cat
• Regional nerve blocks in the cat
• Wet lab:  crown amputation and surgical extractions in the cat; regional nerve blocks

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm  (Canine pain management and oral surgery)

• Step-by-step instruction on surgical extraction of the maxillary canine and 4th premolar
• Regional nerve blocks in the dog
• Wet lab:  surgical extraction of the maxillary canine tooth and 4th premolar; regional nerve blocks