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Provided by: Central CPD

Combined Canine and Feline Dentistry with Dental Radiography

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Includes Introduction & Intermediate & High skills

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Course Type

16

CPD Hours

Specialty

  • Dentistry
  • Interventional Radiology

Job Role/Target Audience

  • Veterinary surgeon

What you’ll learn

Combined Canine and Feline Dentistry with Dental Radiography

An extensive learning series containing fourteen videos with specialist Rachel Perry covering all aspects of canine and feline dentistry as outlined below: 


Canine Dentistry Series: 


Dentistry is a very important part of practice life, from a time and income perspective, as well as in terms of general animal welfare, yet it is often the discipline practitioners like the least. This learning series aims to significantly improve your practical dentistry skills as well as reignite your enthusiasm for performing dental procedures in your canine patients. 


Feline Dentistry Series:


Feline dentistry notoriously strikes fear into many veterinary surgeons. The prevalence of diseases such as periodontitis and resorption, combined with inappropriate equipment and technique and lack of dental radiography can quickly lead to stressful scenarios and potentially catastrophic complications for the feline patient. This learning series aims to provide the necessary information for performing feline dentistry efficiently and atraumatically; thereby reducing vet stress, improving patient outcomes and client satisfaction. 


Dental Radiography Series: 


Dental radiography is one of the most important tools available to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of dental diseases. It is estimated that as much as 70% of pathology can be missed without its use. This series is designed to cover all aspects of dental radiography and radiology in the cat and dog. Diagnostic assessment of the oral cavity, oral radiography techniques, radiographic interpretation and oral pathology are all covered. 


Topics covered include: 


Dental and oral anatomy in the cat and dog

Oral examination, probing and charting

Practical demonstration of scaling and polishing teeth

Extraction equipment and how to effectively sharpen instruments

Efficient and atraumatic tooth extraction - indications, closed and open (surgical) techniques

Surgical principles of mucogingivoperiosteal flap creation

How to avoid extraction complications

Regional anaesthesia techniques, including benefits and risks

Utilising dental nerve blocks safely as part of a dental analgesic plan

The use of antibiotics in dentistry

Diagnosing the commonly encountered dental diseases in the cat (with emphasis on periodontal disease and tooth resorption)

Practical demonstrations of extraction techniques shown on cadaver specimens

Obtaining full mouth diagnostic dental radiographs

Oral radiography techniques and optimal patient positioning

Radiographic assessment

Radiographic interpretation