Equine Dentistry Short
Course
Overview
– This seminar is designed for Equine Practitioners who want to expand their
practices to include more equine dentistry and who desire to refresh
their knowledge of the anatomy, functionality and basic equilibration of
equine teeth plus gain hands-on experience using several types of motorized
floating systems. The course
objective is to provide participants with the necessary knowledge to properly
balance the typical equine mouth using hand and motorized instruments.
The
seminar will consist of one day of small classroom lectures, one day of
working with cadavers and skull models and one day working on live horses.
Topics
Covered –
Classroom, 1 day: Reasons for Dentistry, Basic Dental Anatomy,
Examination and Sedation, Floating Procedures, Dental Charting, Dental
Instrumentation and Fees and Marketing. Wet
Lab, 2 days: Skull Evaluations and Comprehensive Floating with Motorized
Instrumentation.
Number
of Students
– Limited to 16
Instructors
– Leon Scrutchfield, DVM, College Station Texas; Rob Pascoe BVSc
MRCVS, Hartpury College, Gloucester, UK: Travis Henry, DVM, Midwest Equine Associates, Wisconsin; Scott Marx, DVM, Advance Equine Dentistry, Colorado.
Dates –
Next Seminar: June 5, 6 & 7,
2007
Future Seminars: To be announced.
Location – Janesville,
Wisconsin (60 east of Milwaukee, 100 miles northeast of Chicago, 40 miles
south of Madison).
Fees - $1,900 per person
(Includes 3 nights lodging, all meals, course materials and tuition, does not
include transportation to Janesville)
Continuation Education
–This course has been submitted (but not yet approved) for 18 hours of
continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB's RACE
approval; however participants should be aware that some boards have
limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or
restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education.
Organizers/Sponsors
–Harlton’s Equine Specialties (Columbus, OH), Doctor's Choice Supplements (Middleton WI).
Preliminary Course Outline*
The course objective is to provide participants with the necessary
knowledge to properly balance the typical equine mouth using
hand and motorized
instruments.
Day
1 – Class Lectures
Reasons for Dentistry – 1 hour
Brief history and future of equine dentistry; health and
comfort of the horse; performance/training issues; feed efficiency/cost
benefits; practice expansion/revenues.
Basic Dental Anatomy – 1 hour
Triadan system, basic tooth anatomy including pulp chambers,
normal arcades, cap schedule, malocclusions of incisors and cheek teeth.
Examination and Sedation – 1 hour
Complete examination: history, body condition, feed, manure,
physical status, TMJ issues, abnormalities of the head, lateral excursion,
oral soft tissues, incisors, cheek teeth; sedation – tranquilizers and
techniques.
Floating Procedures – 1˝ hours
Floating guidelines for the “average horse” and balancing
the horse’s mouth; Incisor evaluation, alignment, and reduction for
appropriate lateral excursion to molar contact; cheek tooth enamel point
reduction, reduction of malocclusions, establishment of occlusal angle, bit
seat application; canine reduction; cap removal; wolf tooth extraction;
geriatrics.
Dental Charting – ˝ hour
Dental Instrumentation – ˝ hour
Fees and Marketing – ˝ hour
Day
2 – Wet Lab
Radiology - 1 ˝ hours
Techniques to X-ray the molar arcade and incisors using
portable X-machines and standard film.
Skull Evaluations – 1 ˝ hours
Evaluation and charting of dentition on cadaver heads and skull
models.
Comprehensive Floating with Motorized Instrumentation – 3 hours
Demonstrations of the proper use of various motorized
instruments followed by the complete evaluation/floating/charting of cadaver
heads and skull models.
Day
3 – Wet Lab
Comprehensive Floating with Motorized Instrumentation – 6 hours
Sixteen students will break into four groups each with one
instructor. A complete float will
be done on a live horse. The
students will rotate to a new instructor and new horse every 90 minutes.
In addition, the instructors will be available each
day
after the close of these sessions for informal
discussions on equine dentistry.
* This schedule is preliminary and may be revised slightly at the time of the seminar.
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