Key Information
CPD Hours: 16 hours
Course Length: Two days
Course Format: Lectures, case-based discussions and practical sessions
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Course Information
- The foundations of oral diagnosis
- Do’s and don’ts of scaling and polishing
- How to take good dental radiographs
- How to perform closed extractions confidently and with control
- Regional nerve blocks and analgesia for dental patients
- The use of muco-periosteal flaps for the surgical extraction of mandibular, maxillary and carnassial teeth
- Root remnant removal
- Radiographic interpretation and case discussions covering
- - Periodontal disease: when to extract?
- - Fractured teeth: when to treat?
- - Treating teeth affected by resorption
Please note this course is scheduled to run on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th October 2024. Please email cpd@rvc.ac.uk to register your interest.
Would you like to improve the quality of the dental care you can offer your patients?
This two-day course focuses on extractions in small animal practice. It includes a strong practical component with cadavers. The lectures, while covering both feline and canine aspects, will concentrate mostly on canine dentistry. The course fee includes a set of IM3 dental instruments to use during the practical and take home at the end of the course.
Why do this course?
Fine-tune your extraction skills, and at the same time become more knowledgeable and confident addressing your dental cases.
Simone Kirby, DipEVDC FHEA MRCVS Tieraerztin, RCVS Recognised Specialist and EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Dentistry,
Veterinary Dental and Oral Surgery Referrals,
The Ralph Veterinary Referral Centre, Marlow
Rachel Perry, BSc BVM&S MANZCVS (Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery) DipEVDC PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS, RCVS Recognised Specialist and EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Dentistry, Honorary Lecturer in Dentistry, Royal Veterinary College
Director, Perry Referrals