The Veterinary Dentistry Course

The Veterinary Dentistry Course is taught by nationally known board-certified veterinary dentists and covers the practical clinical aspects of veterinary dentistry in small animal medicine.

INSTRUCTORS:
Jan Bellows, DVM, Diplomate American Veterinary Dental College and Diplomate American Board of Veterinary Practitioners; All Pets Dental Clinic Weston, Florida (DentalVet). Steve Holmstrom, DVM, DAVDC; Animal Dental Clinic, San Carlos, CA (Toothvet)

DATES:
January 24 -- March 6th, 2000

INTERACTIVE SESSIONS:
1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28
9:00 PM- 11:00PM ET

CE HOURS: 12

TUITION:
$162 on or before 1/10; $180 after 1/10/00

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
All veterinarians who are interested in providing excellent oral health for their patients will benefit from this program. The program will serve as an introduction to the inexperienced and as an update to practitioners who have taken dental courses before.

The participants will develop an increased knowledge of the fundamentals of veterinary dentistry. Dental disease recognition and diagnosis is the key to treatment. Using text and graphics, the participants will increase their awareness of veterinary dental pathology and techniques used to treat. This course is preliminary to future advanced courses to be offered VIN.

WEEKLY TOPICS:

• Week 1: Introduction, dental anatomy and terminology, dental charting
• Week 2: Dental equipment, intra oral radiology
• Week 3: Understanding periodontic and endodontic concepts
• Week 4: Orthodontics and oral neoplasia
• Week 5: Surgical techniques -- exodontia, periodontal flap surgery, root canal therapy
• Week 6: Oral medicine and marketing.

MESSAGE BOARD DISCUSSIONS:
Start on the start date of the course and continue for the week following the real time session. Followup discussions can occur, but the instructors are not contracted to follow the topic thread after this period.

TEXTBOOKS:
Holmstrom, Frost and Eisner. (1998) Veterinary Dental Techniques, W.B. Saunders.
To order: 1 (800) 545-2522 Bellows, Veterinary Dentistry - A Team Effort, Iowa Press.
To order : 1 (800) 862-6657

REMINDER:
This course will be conducted on www.VIN.com.
(VIN-AOL users: If you do not yet have access to VIN.com, go to https://www.vin.com/promo/AOLapp.htm and fill out the form.)

TO REGISTER:
Call 1-800-700-INFO (4636) or email CEonVIN@vin.com, listing the course title, your full name, and your preferred method of payment (credit card, check).

PLEASE NOTE:
If the course starts in less than 48 hours, email CEonVIN@vin.com, or phone the VIN office directly (800-700-4636)

Debbie Friedler
Coordinator of Continual Education
CEonVIN@vin.com

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