Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE SUPPLEMENT October 1, 2007 By:Brook A. Niemiec, DVM, DAVDC, FAVD
The most important thing you can do to increase the quality of dental care in your practice is to use dental radiography when evaluating patients presented for routine dental care or dental problems.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE SUPPLEMENT October 1, 2007 By:Brook A. Niemiec, DVM, DAVDC, FAVD
Interpreting dental radiographs is quite similar to interpreting standard radiographs except dental pathologies and radiographic changes may be subtle and some pathologies are unique to the oral cavity. Also, several normal anatomical structures may mimic pathologic changes.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
September 1, 2007 By:Daniel D. Smeak, DVM, DACVS
Cystotomy is commonly performed in small-animal practice to remove cystic calculi that cannot be treated medically or with other nonsurgical extraction techniques (urohydropropulsion, catheter or basket removal). Unfortunately, if numerous smaller calculi are present in the bladder and urethra, particularly in male dogs, the risk of leaving calculi after cystotomy can be as high as 15% to 20%.
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Source: ELSEVIER
August 1, 2007
In the dog, a ventrodorsal (VD) radiograph is made with the animal in dorsal recumbency.
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