Veterinary Medicine

Pet owners spend more on dental conditions than prevention

VETERINARY ECONOMICS

Encourage clients to be vigilant with their pets' preventive dental care and help them save money.

Just Ask the Expert: When is a professional dental cleaning indicated?

VETERINARY MEDICINE

Dr. Daniel Carmichael clarifies when this important preventive procedure is truly called for.

Using bone replacement grafts to repair intrabony defects

DVM NEWSMAGAZINE

Sorting through your choices for repairing these deep-seated defects.

FDA warns veterinarians about safety concerns with use of unapproved, foreign-labeled dental X-ray devices

Rockville, Md. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a safety warning to veterinarians about the use (and purchase) of some hand-held dental X-ray units sold over the Internet from foreign sources.

Video: Four oral regional nerve blocks

VETERINARY MEDICINE

Veterinary dentist Dr. Brett Beckman shows you how to perform four different nerve block techniques that affect different areas of the oral cavity.

Visualizing the bisecting angle technique

VETERINARY MEDICINE

Dr. Niemiec illustrates how to obtain dental radiographs using the correct bisecting angle.

Radiographing the maxillary canines in dogs (1:55)

VETERINARY MEDICINE

Dr. Niemiec demonstrates the right positioning for obtaining dental radiographs of the maxillary canines.

How to avoid errors of vertical angulation

VETERINARY MEDICINE

Dr. Niemiec demonstrates how to avoid errors of vertical angulation when taking dental radiographs.

Extractions in cats: indications, techniques and complications (Proceedings)

CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS

Decision making and techniques to simplify dental extractions in cats have been previous described.1-5 Proper perioperative planning and decision making regarding feline extractions can improve surgical outcome.

Decision making and extraction techniques in dogs (Proceedings)

CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS

Decision making and techniques to simplify dental extractions in dogs have been described. Proper perioperative planning and decision making regarding canine extractions can improve surgical outcome.

Managing challenging oral cases in dogs: part I (Proceedings)

CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS

Two basic techniques for the repair of palatal defects are most commonly utilized. The first technique involves removal of the epithelium from the edges of the defect and complete periosteal elevation of the palatine mucosa bilaterally on each side of the cleft.

Digital dental radiography (Proceedings)

CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS

Dental radiography is an essential component in the delivery of high quality dental care for dogs and cats. This seminar will focus on the value of taking dental radiographs, how to take digital dental radiographs, special features available with digital dental radiographic units, advantages and disadvantages of digital dental radiography, indications for taking dental radiographs, positioning for optimal dental radiographs, critiquing dental radiographs and the importance of recognizing dental radiographic lesions.

Safe Dental Care for Seniors (Sponsored by IDEXX)

Oral surgery and dental techniques

From teeth to tail and back again: Oral manifestations of systemic disease and systemic effects of oral disease in cats (Sponsored by Greenies)

Dental compliance

Understanding dental hygiene

Client education and compliance

Do not neglect dental care: Talk to clients about brushing their pets teeth.

FIRSTLINE

Clients need to brush their pets teeth to prevent dental disease and other illnesses.

Dentistry: Something to smile about

FIRSTLINE

Pet dental health campaign offers free client-education kits and a chance to win a chunk of change.

Dental disease handout

FIRSTLINE

Download a free client handout that explains?and pictures?the four stages of dental disease.

Talking teeth with timid clients

FIRSTLINE

Chew on this advice for improving dental compliance.

Offer clients free dental kits

FIRSTLINE

Clients and patients win big when they undergo dental cleanings at Animal Hospital of Seminole in Seminole, Fla.