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: Radiology, Skull Evaluations and Comprehensive Floating with
Motorized Instrumentation.
Number
of Students
Limited to 10
Instructors
Leon Scrutchfield, DVM, College Station Texas; Travis Henry, DVM, Midwest Equine Associates, Wisconsin; Scott Marx, DVM, Advance Equine Dentistry, Colorado.
Dates
Next Seminar: October 12-14, 2010
Future Seminars: Dates and locations
to be announced.
Location
Oquendo Center for Clinical Education, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Fees - $1,750.00
(Includes course materials, tuition, lunches and dinners; does not include
lodging, breakfast or transportation)
Continuation Education
This course is 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
Harltons Equine Specialties and Veterinary Dental Products.
Course Outline, Fundamentals of Dentistry*
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 1½ hours
Floating guidelines for the average horse and balancing
the horses 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 ½ hour
Dental Instrumentation ½ hour
Fees and Marketing ½ hour
Day
2 Wet Lab
Radiology - 1 ½ hours
Techniques to X-ray the molar arcade and incisors.
Skull Evaluations 1 ½ 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.
Overview
This seminar is designed for Equine Practitioners who want to
expand their dental practice to include more advanced procedures.
A basic knowledge and
proficiency in equine dentistry is required for this course.
It is assumed that the student is familiar with the basics of dental
equilibration and the recognition of dental pathology.
The course objective is to provide
participants with the necessary knowledge to perform advanced equine dental
procedures. The procedures taught
will be those that the average equine practitioner can use to provide more
complete dental care for their clients.
Topics
Covered
Classroom, 1 day: Basics of Equine Dental Pathology, Basic Radiology
Review, Extractions (Intraoral and surgical), Periodontics and Endodontics.
Wet
Lab, 2 days: Radiology, Extractions, Periodontics and Endodontics on Live
horses and/or cadavers.
Number
of Students
Limited to 10
Instructors
Leon Scrutchfield, DVM, College Station Texas;
Travis Henry, DVM, Midwest Equine Associates, Wisconsin; Scott Marx, DVM,
Advance Equine Dentistry, Colorado.
Dates
Next Seminar: October 12-14, 2010
Future Seminars: To be announced
Location
Oquendo Center for Clinical Education, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Fees - $2,000.00
(Includes course materials, tuition, lunches and dinners; does not include
lodging, breakfast or transportation)
Continuation Education
This course is 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
Harltons Equine Specialties and Veterinary Dental Products.
For Registration and Additional
Information Call us at 800/247-3901
or email us at Mail@Harltons.com. Download
a registration Form
Course Outline, Advanced Dentistry*
The
course objective is to provide participants with the necessary knowledge to
perform advanced equine dental procedures.
Day
1 Class Lectures
Basics of Equine Dental Pathology 1 ½ hours
Radiology 1 ½ hours
Review of basics and interpretation of radiographs.
Extractions 1 ½ hours
Intraoral and surgical.
Periodontics 1 ½ hours
Disease and treatment.
Endodontics 1 ½ hours
Disease and treatment.
Day
2
Wet Lab
Skull Evaluations on Cadavers 1 ½ hours
Students break into groups of four per each instructor for the
balance of the day.
Radiology on cadavers 1 ½ hours
Basic extraction techniques on cadavers 2 hours
Advanced extraction techniques on cadavers 2 hours
Steinman pin fragment expulsion and sinus flaps.
Day
3 Wet Lab
Radiology on live horses 1 hour
Advanced procedures:
Students break into three groups and rotate through each of the
three topics every two hours
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Periodontal procedures on cadavers - 2 hours
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Restoration procedures on cadavers - 2 hours
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Endodontic procedures on cadavers - 2 hours
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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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