The Veterinary Dental Patient: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Provides an interdisciplinary approach to the veterinary dental patient and offers guidance on all aspects of integrating dentistry into veterinary general practice The Veterinary Dental Patient: A Multidisciplinary Approach helps veterinarians understand the dental aspects of every canine and feline patient and shows them how to effectively manage their oral health. It also provides guidance to the rest of the veterinary team so they can offer a coordinated approach when recommending and performing veterinary dentistry as a regular part of general practice. Edited by two prominent veterinary dentists who are Board Certified in both Europe and the United States, the text includes the latest information on safe anesthetic and monitoring protocols, accurate diagnosis and management, and referring patients to specialists. Chapters cover: establishing a dental presence in general veterinary practice; nutrition, oral health, and feeding dental patients; local, regional, and systemic complications of dental diseases; pain management; ophthalmic considerations; common situations for malpractice and mistakes; oral and maxillofacial surgery; extraction techniques and equipment; drug dosages and more. The book also offers several helpful appendixes. The Veterinary Dental Patient: A Multidisciplinary Approach is an essential book for all vets in general small animal practice as well as the wider veterinary team, including managers, veterinary nurses and technicians, and administrative staff.

Table of Contents:
List of Contributors vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xi About the Companion Website xiii Part I General Considerations: How to Start Dentistry 1 1 Establishing a Dental Presence within a General Veterinary Practice 3 Jerzy Gawor 2 Marketing and Communication in Veterinary Dentistry 27 Rachel Perry 3 Teaching Veterinary Dentistry 37 Zlatko Pavlica, Jerzy Gawor, and Lisa Mestrinho 4 Distribution of Tasks Around the Dental Patient in General Practice: Receptionists, Technicians, and Other Veterinary Team Members 45 Mary Berg 5 Prophylactic Program for Oral Health 59 Brook Niemiec 6 Nutrition, Oral Health, and Feeding Dental Patients 75 Michał Jank 7 Antimicrobials in Veterinary Dentistry 87 J. Scott Weese 8 Dental Patient Welfare 109 Kymberley C. McLeod Part II The Dental Patient 119 9 Local, Regional, and Systemic Complications of Dental Diseases 121 Jerzy Gawor and Brook Niemiec 10 Hereditary Oral Disorders in Purebred Dogs and Cats 133 Jerzy Gawor 11 Pain Management in the Dental Patient 139 Paulo Steagall and Peter Pascoe 12 Anesthesia of the Dental Patient 169 Victoria M. Lukasik 13 The Dental Patient and Its General Conditions: Cardiac Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Pregnancy, History of Seizures, and Brachycephalic Syndrome 189 Eva Eberspächer-Schweda 14 Ophthalmic Considerations in the Veterinary Dental Patient 201 Jamie J. Schorling 15 Oral Health in the Context of Other Planned Surgeries 211 Daniel Koch 16 Systemic Diseases Influencing Oral Health and Conditions 219 Jerzy Gawor 17 Common Situations of Malpractice and Mistakes, and How Best to Avoid Them 233 Jerzy Gawor and Brook Niemiec 18 Dentistry Through Life: Pediatric and Geriatric Dentistry 245 Jerzy Gawor and Brook Niemiec Part III Dentistry in Daily Practice: What Every Veterinarian Should Know 259 19 Management of the Dental Patient 261 Jerzy Gawor and Brook Niemiec 20 Professional Dental Cleaning 269 Brook Niemiec 21 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: What’s the Difference? 291 Jerzy Gawor 22 Extraction Techniques and Equipment 305 Brook Niemiec 23 Oral Emergencies 319 Jerzy Gawor 24 Feline Dentistry 339 Jerzy Gawor and Brook Niemiec Part IV When to Call the Specialist 363 25 A Brief Introduction to Specific Oral and Dental Problems that Require Specialist Care 365 Jerzy Gawor 26 How to Cooperate with a Specialist 373 Brook Niemiec Useful Algorithms for the Management of Oral Problems 377 Jerzy Gawor Appendix A: Drugs and Doses 387 Margo Karriker Appendix B: Instruments Handling and Sharpening 393 Jerzy Gawor Appendix C: Abbreviations and Dental Charts 399 Jerzy Gawor Appendix D: List of Hereditary Problems and Breed Predispositions in Dogs and Cats 409 Jerzy Gawor Appendix E: Tolerance of Malocclusion and Dental Abnormalities in Dogs 419 Jerzy Gawor Appendix F: Assisted Feeding in Dental Patients (website) 423 Michał Jank and Jerzy Gawor Index 429

About the Author :
About the Editors Jerzy Gawor, DVM, PhD, DAVDC, DEVDC, FAVD, provides dental teaching services at the European School of Advanced Veterinary Studies in Europe and China. Dr Gawor acts as President of the European Veterinary Dental College and Dental Guidelines Committee of WSAVA. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry, President Elect of the Federation of European Companion Animal Veterinary Associations (FECAVA), board member of the Polish Small Animal Veterinary Association, and former President of the European Veterinary Dental Society. He is the owner of a general referral practice and has achieved the status of specialist and recognized dentist in Poland. Several hundred advanced dentistry procedures a year have resulted in a wealth of skill and practical knowledge. He has also published and presented over 120 publications in veterinary dentistry. Brook Niemiec DVM, DAVDC, DEVDC, FAVD, is the Chief of Staff at Veterinary Dental Specialties & Oral Surgery, with 16 locations throughout the USA. In addition, he is Founding Consultant of www.vetdentalrad.com, Director of San Diego Veterinary Dental Training Center, and President of Practical Veterinary Publishing.