Essential Veterinary Dentistry Wet Lab for Vets and Techs
Sacramento, Saturday & Sunday – Sept 30-Oct 1, 2023
Total of 15 Hours of RACE CE
Although you may attend as a vet or a tech alone, we recommend that your Veterinarian/Technician dentistry service team take this course together for maximum value and impact for your hospital and your patients.
This RACE-accredited dentistry course trains the Veterinarian and Technician team to be among the best in vet dentistry.
Day 1
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The Veterinarian-Technician Team Role in the Dentistry Service: Admit to Discharge
This will be a discussion of defining the Veterinarian-Technician team role in order to be an effective member of the dentistry team. Workflow, client communication for client compliance, and skill set specific to dentistry will be outlined in this lecture.
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Dental Radiology: What Lies Beneath
This Wet Lab will include an in-depth discussion of the importance of dental radiology within the dentistry service. Positioning and troubleshooting to achieve a diagnostic image will also be covered. This lecture will also include radiographic evaluation and common pathologies.
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Advanced Periodontal Therapies and Hand Instrumentation
This Wet Lab will discuss the physiologic process of periodontal disease and treatment therapies that can be implemented in the general practice dentistry service. The identification and proper use of hand instrumentation during periodontal therapy procedures will be outlined. Effective client communication for improved client compliance will also be discussed.
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Regional Nerve Blocks
This Wet Lab teaches Regional nerve block administration in the canine and feline patient including agents, dosing technique, benefits, and application within the dental service will be covered. Specific anatomy to identify landmarks for safe and effective delivery of regional analgesia will be discussed.
Day 2
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Pain Management: Start to Finish
This lecture will be an in depth discussion of the physiology of pain including the pain pathway, to better understand how to effectively manage pain. Several classes of agents and dosing will be discussed and protocols that are applied in everyday practice will be covered.
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Common Oral Pathologies
A wide range of oral pathologies with be outlined in this lecture through the use of radiology and images taken during “real-life” cases in the dentistry practice. Information for identification and proposed treatment plans will also be discussed.
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Dentistry: Making It Work in the General Practice
This session will include a discussion on creating a streamlined and efficient dental service. Overcoming hurdles, improving workflow, and establishing long term implementation of effective practices to achieve a high standard of care for the dental patient will be covered.
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Home Care Strategies
Specific modalities of home care will be covered. A variety of products will be covered to include effective plaque preventatives. Client communication techniques to gain client compliance will be outlined.
Instructor:
Course Times = 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Saturday and Sunday
Annie is my Dental Technician of 11 years. A world-renowned speaker, she has published multiple articles for technician journals and has co-authored a textbook in dentistry specifically for technicians, and has taught and lectured extensively around the country with me.
Her experience includes emergency and critical care, anesthesia, orthopedic surgery technician, and dentistry. She received her VTS (Veterinary Technician Specialist) in Dentistry in 2008 and has served as President and Credentials Chair of the Academy of Veterinary Dental Technicians.
Frequently Asked Questions for Essential and Extraction Wet Lab Live Courses
Level 1 Live
Veterinarians and Technicians
These are two Immersive Days of Detailed Instructions to Give You the Skills to Master Dental Extractions.
Veterinarians Only
The Essential Wet Lab is an Introductory Dentistry course that focuses on the training of the Vet and Tech alone or the Veterinarian-Technician team to become familiar with various procedures and clinical aspects of veterinary dentistry. This course will eliminate the frustrations with case management, dental radiographic technique positioning and interpretation, periodontal care, and nerve blocks, among others.
Although you may attend as a vet or a tech alone, we recommend that your Veterinarian/Technician dentistry service team take this course together for maximum value and impact for your hospital and your patients.
The Extraction Wet Lab is the brand new version of our past Extraction Wet Lab and builds on the knowledge and skills from the Essential Wet Lab. Upon registration, you get 5 hours of RACE-approved video instruction to access immediately and master prior to coming to the actual lab. The Extraction Wet Lab then utilizes that knowledge to provide two days of clinical wet lab instruction to round out the skills needed by veterinarians to excel in veterinary dentistry in general practice.
The new Extraction Wet Lab takes the lecture from the past labs and puts it into a 5-hour RACE accredited course that you access immediately and is yours to keep and refer back to for life. This is a prerequisite to be completed before Saturday, day one.
This allows us to provide a new level of practical, mostly hands-on instruction on Saturday that we couldn’t give previously. This leaves all day on Sunday for nothing but hands-on dog and cat extractions utilizing the skills that you have acquired from the Essential Wet Labs, the 5-hour online course, and Saturday’s clinical instruction and lab.
Not only do you get 4 more hours of CE than in the previous format (20 vs. 16), you have much more hands-on time in the wet lab. You also keep the 5-hour online course that, before, was the lecture provided throughout Saturday and Sunday.
Cancellations are accepted 31 days or more prior to the event. Transfers to future dates are accepted 30 days or less prior to the event. Last-minute transfers are subject to a $450 transfer fee.
Please email Jen directly for any cancellation/transfer inquiries at jen@ivdi.org. Jen sends you a confirmation email following your purchase.
Although we have never needed to do this, If for any reason this course does not provide the value that you expect within 30 days, let us know, and we will refund your entire registration fee.
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