Dentistry

The fun continues on our alphabetic journey through the management of our veterinary patients' oral problems.

No more excuses: Our experts examine your top three exam-room battles and offer tips to get you better resultsreally.

A list of the worst veterinary career advice Ive ever received (and promptly discarded)

Download this quick guide to getting just the right angle with your veterinary radiography equipment.

We asked veterinarians about pet owners' attitudes and their approach to three specific pet health topics: dental care, cranial cruciate ligament repair, and behavior. Here's what they said.

What to recommend when your client does not agree with your periodontal diagnostic and treatment plan.

Are you using topical dental fluoride treatment to benefit your veterinary patients' teeth?

A thorough veterinary dental examination is your chance to catch these distressing eruptions early.

Sometimes it can be difficult to figure out which side of the mouth youre looking at on a radiograph. Mary Berg, RVT, VTS (dentistry) shares tips to make it easier on yourself.

Veterinary dentist Dr. Heidi Lobprise cites legal precedent for making the switch to this dental essential.

The start of an alphabetic journey through the management of our veterinary patient's oral problems.

Use these four hacks to protect that valuable and easily damaged sensor on your veterinary digital dental X-ray machine.

Make the most of maxilla. Maximize maxilla. The miracle of maxilla! Your maxilla radiographs will be tops! We could go on, but why not just get to the tips, right?

A clinical trial at UC Davis using fat-derived mesenchymal stem cells helped some cats with feline gingivostomatitis finally be pain-free.

Print and share this handout with clients on good dental care and proper toothbrushing techniques.

"Blah, blah, blah $$$$$$$$$." Is this what clients hear when you present your treatment plan? Use these pro tips to cut through the sticker shock and focus on the high-quality care you offer.

DEK Bulldogs, Labrador retrievers and beagles are prone to it. Why, what is it, and what can be done?

Terminate damages to that all-important, sensitiveand expensivesensor and avoid a judgment day around your veterinary clinic. Bonus: Safety tips to protect your most valuable assetyourself!

Wouldnt it be awesome to help clients keep their promise to keep Bellas pearly whites sparkling? Elsa, an 11-month-old Dalmatian, demonstrates how you can teach pet owners to start a tooth-brushing routine.

In this scenario, Ted and Bill are two very confused individuals with a cat that needs urgent dental care. How well does our doc communicate the problem? Find out now.

What approach would you take to fix this pups tooth and provide a solution for the long term?

Today's clients are different, but in many ways you've never consider, they might be the same as they've ever been. Delve into two important ways veterinary clients fear the wrong action far more than no actionand what you can do about it.

Amplify your dental records with complete dental charting that labels the condition of each tooth. Photographs, full mouth intraoral radiographs and consistent terminology will help you stay in tune when you need to make dental referrals.

Thick, ropey saliva and a painful patient: Whats the deal?

What can spiral perm rollers, a tree at noon and your own opposable thumbs teach you about taking dental radiographs? Heidi Lobprise, DVM, DAVDC, explains.

Dr. Jan Bellows offers advice for treating these painful lesions in elderly feline patients.

Figure out what you really need and will really use. (And then make sure you do it by putting the right systems in place to support your teams plan.) Heres an overview of your basic equipment options from Dr. Heidi Lobprise.

Like a sore tooth, some conversations with clients are downright painfulespecially when you discover who they've been trusting with their pets' oral health.

Several tools are at your fingertips to take your dental care protocol further than ever before.

If Fred Metzger, DVM, DABVP, can sell you on properly training, paying for and accounting in dental procedure treatment plans for a second technician dedicated to anesthesia, he will.