Dentistry

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.

Specialty training pays off.

Change your practice's approach to National Pet Dental Health Month.

National Report - Several groups have teamed up to establish equine dentistry as a recognized specialty in North America and Europe and create a specialty college.

Follow this straightforward, step-by-step guide to remove this large-rooted tooth by creating a mucoperiosteal flap.

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

Try these quick and easy pain management techniques for oral surgery.

Depending on the degree of disease, locally applied antimicrobials may help.

Here are four ways to emphasize dental recommendations to veterinary clients.

Evaluation and treatment of these all-too-common oral defects.

Use before-and-after photos to increase compliance.

Veterinary dentist Dr. Daniel Carmichael asnwers this reader query.

Hit these points when checking the choppers.

Sacramento, Calif. -- Groomers will no longer be able to include dental scaling on their list of services in California.

Tips and tricks to ensure you don't ruin this essential, expensive equipment.

Nonprofessional dental scaling misses serious disease below the gum line and can damage teeth.

An oronasal fistula is a communication between the oral and nasal cavities that can be a result of periodontal disease, iatrogenic fracture of palatal bone during extraction or traumatic avulsion of a canine tooth.

With periodontal disease being one of the most prevalent diseases in pets, the opportunity to provide optimum oral health for patients is a practical goal for most veterinarians. By applying basic knowledge of the anatomy and progression of periodontal disease and the structures it effects, a systematic therapeutic plan can be formulated to halt and even reverse the disease process.

Oral and dental lesions are common in most animals. Clinical oral pathology is concerned with the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, changes in structure and function, causes, progression and prognosis of oral lesions.

Cats are different! Being obligate carnivores, they do not have chewing teeth, but instead have carnassial teeth that aid to cut up their food into manageable pieces.

The term prophylaxis originates from the original Greek, and means to guard or prevent. It applies to any medical term or public health procedure whose purpose is to prevent, rather than treat or cure disease.

This presentation will summarize the seven disciplines of dentistry, and familiarize the attendee with exodontics, periodontics, endodontics, orthodontics, prosthodontics, restorative dentistry, and oral surgery.

How important is oral hygiene? Just imagine what it would be like if you never brushed your teeth.

Diamond is a 12-year-old female spayed Dalmatian that was presented for swelling under the left eye for a two-week duration.

The implementation of veterinary dentistry is increasing in both private and specialty practices. More responsibility is being delegated to the technician, and the expansion of this service relies heavily on a well trained and informed staff.

Keep things clean when peforming dental prophys with this reader tip.

Recently, a group of veterinary dental specialists, most of them members of the Veterinary Oral Health Council (VOHC), came together to discuss the role of the VOHC for both the veterinarian and the consumer.

Becoming familiar with the fundamentals of oral cytology can be invaluable.

Two case examples display how radiography can reveal hidden pathology.

Local anesthesia is employed prior to all dental procedures. Dental procedures can be very painful. The patient often can feel dental procedures while under inhalation anesthesia.