Seminars
Topics in this section: Fundamentals of Equine Dentistry, Advanced Dentistry Course.
Fundamentals of 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: 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: September
24-27, 2012
Future Seminars: Dates and locations to be announced.
Location – Oquendo Center for Clinical Education, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Fees - $ 1,950 (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 –Harlton’s 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, 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
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 – 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.
Advanced Equine Dentistry Short Course
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: September 24-27, 2012
Future Seminars: To be announced
Location – Oquendo Center for Clinical Education, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Fees - $ 2,250.00 (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 –Harlton’s 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 hoursRadiology – 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 hoursStudents 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
Periodontal procedures on cadavers - 2 hours
Restoration procedures on cadavers - 2 hours
Endodontic procedures on cadavers - 2 hours
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.
