More than Just Bad Breath: Periodontal Disease -- Comprehensive Oral Health Assessment and Treatment (COHAT); Dental Instrument Use and Maintenance -- Dental Essentials: Dental Charting, Dental Radiography and Pain Management -- If It's Broke, Fix it! Tooth Fractures, Discoloured Teeth, Abrasion and Attrition -- The Hole Problem: Tooth Resorption and Caries -- Out of Place: Malocclusions -- Lumps and Bumps: Oral Masses and Cysts -- Seeing Red: Stomatitis, Feline Juvenile Gingivitis and Contact Mucositis -- Bad to the Bone: Jaw Fractures, Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Luxation, and Avulsed and Luxated Teeth -- Common Dental Problems of Rabbits, Rodents and Other Small Mammals -- Gaining Client Compliance, Dental Estimates, and the Dangers of Anaesthesia-free Dentistry -- Admitting, Preparing and Recovering Dental Patients; a Day in the Life of a Pet Receiving a COHAT -- Sending them Home: Postoperative Care -- Developing Dental Homecare Programmes; How to Brush the Teeth of Dogs and Cats -- Understanding the Science Behind Dental Homecare Products -- Advocating for Pet Dental Health.
Summary:
"This book will educate veterinary technicians about the causes, consequences, prevention and treatment of dental diseases including periodontal disease, fractured teeth, tooth resorption, dental malocclusions, oral masses, jaw fractures, and other oral conditions, which will help to increase dental care compliance of pet owners"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.