Honor the spirit of National Pet Dental Health Month and sharpen your dentistry skills with these On Demand video presentations! From taking a dental radiograph and making a diagnosis, to providing analgesia to the oral cavity and performing simple or complicated dental extractions ... brush up and view one or all of the following:
Dental Radiography (running time: 35 mins)
Brush up on your tooth imaging techniques and interpretation. In this segment, Dr. Dan Carmichael discusses general principles and tips for radiographing teeth! His discussion includes:
- Radiographic interpretation including tips for differentiating maxillary from mandibular teeth and orientation (right vs left)
- Normal vs pathologic appearance of the teeth and surrounding structures
- Case examples of various pathologies including periodontal disease, endodontic disease, malformations, oral neoplasia
- Examples of how radiography is used as a diagnostic tool and guide for determining the best course of action and treatment of diseased teeth
Providing Analgesia with Regional Nerve Blocks (running time: 28 mins)
What else can you be doing for your patients undergoing dental extractions or oral surgery? In this segment, Dr. Dan Carmichael discusses keys to providing analgesia for patients undergoing dental extractions and oral surgery including:
- Local anesthetic drug options
- Demonstration of regional anesthetic nerve blocks for providing analgesia to the maxillary and mandibular incisors and canine teeth, the maxilla, the mandible, and the palatal area
Dental Extractions (running time: 39 mins)
When all else has fails and it's time for "tooth-a-nasia," this mashup will sharpen your extraction techniques. In this segment Dr. Dan Carmichael discusses keys to performing simple and surgical extractions including:
- Indications for dental extraction
- Equipment and recommended supplies
- Anatomical considerations
- Simple extraction of incisors, first premolars, and last molar teeth
- Extracting multi-rooted teeth including the carnassial tooth
A total of 1.5 hrs of CE credit:
Approved CE by AAVSB RACE, NY State and NJ. Method of delivery is online and non-interactive. Be aware that some programs have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories &/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of CE.
Registration fee: $49 for the series or pay-per-view as individually priced
