15th Annual Small Animal Conference on Dentistry

The Tooth and Nothing but the Tooth, So Help Me Doc

Date and Time
Sunday, February 11, 2007
8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Conference Contact Hours
6 Clock Hours

Location
Frick Auditorium, Mosier Hall, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1800 Denison, Manhattan, KS
Frick Auditorium is located on the second floor of Mosier Hall. Enter at the Emergency Entrance. Signs will be posted to direct you to registration.

Parking
Parking is available on the west side (off Denison Avenue) and on the east side (off Jardine Drive) of the Veterinary Medical Complex. A parking permit is not required for weekend parking. Do not park in the client parking or reserved stalls as you may get ticketed.

Conference Objectives
“The tooth and nothing but the tooth, so help me Doc” covers the most common oral pathology seen in dogs and cats every day in practice. A practical approach to the recognition and treatment modalities used will be discussed to allow the participant to use what they learn over these several hours of lecture and discussion in their practice.

Conference Schedule

7:30 am : Registration

8:00 am : Welcome

Dr. Ralph Richardson, Dean, K-State CVM
Dr. Ken Harkin, Associate Professor and Section Head, Small Animal Internal Medicine, SCAAHA Advisor

8:15 am : Oral Exam and Dental Charting

A complete discussion of how to perform a complete oral examination along with the importance of dental charting.

9:15 am : Refreshment Break

9:30 am : Periodontal Disease - Diagnosis and Treatment

A detailed approach to the stages of and physiology of periodontal disease as well as treatment approaches and helpful hints on how to discuss these processes with clients.

10:30 am : Refreshment Break

10:45 am : Canine Oral Disease- part I

Common everyday dental problems you need to know will be discussed in a very practical and useful way, providing the veterinarian to appropriately and accurately educate both the client and staff.

11:45 am : Catered Luncheon (Included with registration)

12:45 pm : Canine Oral Disease- part II/Continued from part I

1:45 pm : Refreshment Break

2:00 pm : Feline Oral Disease- part I

Common everyday dental problems you need to know will be discussed in a very practical and useful way, providing the veterinarian to appropriately and accurately educate both the client and staff. Feline juvenile gingivitis, caudal and buccal stomatitis, and resorptive lesions will be covered in part 1

3:00 pm : Refreshment Break

3:15 pm : Feline Oral Disease- part II

Feline oral trauma and dental emergencies, fracture repair made easy are among a few of the topics that will be covered in part II.

4:15 pm : Questions and Answers

4:30 pm : Evaluation and Adjourn

Guest Speaker
Dr Gary S. Goldstein, DVM, Fellow AVD, DAVDC
Dr. Goldstein is an Associate Clinical Professor, Director of the Veterinary Dental Service and Associate Medical Director of Small Animal Specialties at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center. He graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Veterinary Medicine in 1984. After graduation, he moved to Houston, Texas to study veterinary dentistry at the Houston Veterinary Dental Clinic. In 1988 he joined Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists where his practice was limited to veterinary dentistry accepting referrals for the entire Gulf Coast region. From December of 1996 to December 2001 he worked in senior management with Banfield, The Pet Hospitals as the field director for the Minnesota region and as the Medical Director for the Oregon and Washington region. He is past president of the American Veterinary Dental Society and is past chairman of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry examination committee and is currently a member of the board of directors of the AVDC as recording secretary. In April 2002 he joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center where he teaches veterinary students and manages the clinical dental service. Dr. Goldstein and his staff of two veterinary technicians and 2 dental residents see over 1500 cases per year. Dr. Goldstein is a published author and lecturer, has published numerous articles relating to veterinary dentistry and has written several chapters in veterinary textbooks

SCAAHA Officers
Student Chapter of the American Animal Hospital (SCAAHA) is dedicated to providing students with current information on small animal medicine and surgery and practice management topics. In addition to monthly meetings and lectures, multiple wet labs are scheduled during the year to provide hands on activities aimed at improving clinical skills. Weekly rounds on internal medicine topics are held in a problem based learning format, which helps integrate theoretical knowledge from class with practical applications from real hospital cases. All students are welcome to be members.

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This article is reposted with thanks to Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine.