Veterinary Dental Techniques For The Small Animal Practitioner

The third edition of Veterinary Dental Techniques continues to serve as an easy-to-use, practical guide to dental techniques and materials for the small animal practitioner. Covers a wide range of topics including examination and charting, routine and advanced periodontal care, endodontic treatment, orthodontics, dental anesthesia, and ergonomics. Presents a complete and practical approach to dental examination and charting, routine and advanced periodontal care, endodontic treatment, restorative dentistry, orthodontics, fracture fixation, anesthesia and analgesia Features step-by-step instructions with clear illustrations for successfully planning and treating a wide spectrum of dental procedures All chapters have been completely revised and updated with the most current information Includes helpful home-care and post-operative instructions for clients Consistently formatted chapters include general comments, indications, contraindications, and advantages and disadvantages for all techniques and dental materials Offers guidelines for starting or expanding a dental department for your practice Contains an in-depth discussion of the wide range of equipment and instruments that will allow you to provide the highest standard of dental care for your patients Provides recommendations for the care and maintenance of your dental operatory Includes a completely updated appendix of manufacturers and sources of dental materials New chapter on oral surgery New chapter on starting and marketing a dental department in a veterinary practice Didactic descriptions of incidence, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and diagnosis has been added to each chapter Illustrations have been added to the section on pathology

The revised edition of this "hands-on" manual guides readers step-by-step through all areas of veterinary dentistry. Written from a clinical perspective, it emphasizes the actual performance of techniques.

This is a Pageburst digital textbook; the product description may vary from the print textbook. The third edition of Veterinary Dental Techniques continues to serve as an easy-to-use, practical guide to dental techniques and materials for the small animal practitioner. Covers a wide range of topics including examination and charting, routine and advanced periodontal care, endodontic treatment, orthodontics, dental anesthesia, and ergonomics. Presents a complete and practical approach to dental examination and charting, routine and advanced periodontal care, endodontic treatment, restorative dentistry, orthodontics, fracture fixation, anesthesia and analgesia Features step-by-step instructions with clear illustrations for successfully planning and treating a wide spectrum of dental procedures All chapters have been completely revised and updated with the most current information Includes helpful home-care and post-operative instructions for clients Consistently formatted chapters include general comments, indications, contraindications, and advantages and disadvantages for all techniques and dental materials Offers guidelines for starting or expanding a dental department for your practice Contains an in-depth discussion of the wide range of equipment and instruments that will allow you to provide the highest standard of dental care for your patients Provides recommendations for the care and maintenance of your dental operatory Includes a completely updated appendix of manufacturers and sources of dental materials New chapter on maxillofacial fractures New chapter on regional and local anesthesia Completely updated list of manufacturers and sources of dental materials Expanded coverage of general health safety and ergonomics in the veterinary dental workplace

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Dentistry is a relatively new and expanding area for vets. For many years it has been overlooked or inadequately taught at veterinary colleges, leaving students and vets with little or no training in this discipline. Now the interest in this area has increased and dentistry has become an important part of everyday veterinary practice. Designed to be a 'how-to-do' book, this practical manual guides the reader through all the routine dentistry procedures carried out in general practices. With over 350 colour pictures and special sections on practical tips and trouble-shooting, Small Animal Dentistry is an essential easy-access reference tool for veterinary students and veterinary practitioners alike

Current, important information on clinical veterinary dentistry for all small animal practitioners! This issue will present articles on standards of care, therapeutic decision making, oral and dental imaging equipment and techniques, radiographic imaging, oral inflammation, exodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, surgical equipment for oral surgery, laser and electro/radiosurgery in the oral cavity, anesthesia and pain management, and more!

If you’re a veterinarian in practice and you’reinterested in increasing your ability to deliver dental treatmentto your patients, you will find the information in Small AnimalDental Equipment, Materials, and Techniques: A Primerinvaluable. The author has gone back to basics to fill in the gapbetween limited and advanced veterinary dental services. This bookwill show you how to establish an efficient dental operatory andperform many of the day-to-day techniques required to raise yourlevel of dental services. The goal of this book is to educate veterinarians and veterinarytechnicians on the philosophy and means of integrating dentalhealth practices into the everyday life of their patients. Theauthor also explains how to choose dental equipment and materialsas well as how to perform basic and intermediate dental proceduresbased on examination finding. Coverage includes the materials,equipment, and techniques that veterinarians have found mostvaluable in the practice of veterinary dentistry.

The second edition of Small Animal Dental Equipment, Materials, and Techniques has been revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in veterinary dental practice. Provides a comprehensive resource for integrating dental services into veterinary practice Offers valuable advice on selecting dental equipment and materials Presents clear descriptions for a range of dental terms and techniques Includes a wealth of new images Highlights dental information applicable to general practice