[Registrations open] CSU ADVANCED EQUINE DENTISTRY COURSE
Advanced Equine Dentistry for the Private Practitioner
Colorado State University in partnership with Horse Dental Equipment – Jorgensen Laboratories – Covetrus – Storz – Heska
December 4, 5, and 6th, 2019 – Fort Collins, Colorado
The overall goal of this course is for private practitioners with a keen interest in dentistry to leave feeling more comfortable and prepared to handle more challenging malocclusions and extractions and to recognize and treat periodontal disease effectively.
Registration Fee: $2,650.00
Registration Closes: November 4, 2019
Course Enrollment: 24 attendees (12 wet lab stations)
Enrollment is limited! Register early!
CE Credits: 24
Description:
Presented by Drs. Jack Easley, Hubert Simhofer, Molly Rice, Frank Schellenberger, Jennifer Rawlinson.
Prerequisites:
- Clear understanding of maxillofacial anatomy, dental anatomy, dental regional anesthesia, basic dental radiography, equine periodontal disease, and causes & types of equine dental fracture
- Competence with basic equine extraction equipment
- Competence with equine dental radiograph acquisition
- Competence in providing CRIs for standing equine dental care (not covered in course)
** The above topics will not be reviewed during this course. It will be expected that course participants have mastered the above fundamentals of equine dental care. **
Course Purpose:
Goals for this meeting will be to provide equine veterinarians instruction and education in the following topics:
- Recognizing and treating periodontal disease
- Clinical implications of non-routine malocclusions
- Treatment non-routine malocclusions via well placed odontoplasty
- Comprehensive treatment planning with preparation for extractions via review of oral exam and radiographs
- Incisor and canine extraction techniques
- “Simple” intraoral extraction technique and fragment removal
- Minimally invasive transbuccal extraction technique
- Coronectomy, tooth sectioning, and odontoplasty to aid extraction
- Radiculectomy and modified repulsion extraction techniques