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.