Dental

Courses tagged with "Dental"

Dental Charting: Fundamentals

Understand the foundations skills of dental charting, dental anatomy and the dentition in the mouth. Conscious and unconscious oral examinations, dental charting techniques and symbols used and lastly home care advice for clients.

Course Type:
Videocast lessons that should take up to 1 hour to complete

Features:
You have access to the course for 365 days
Includes downloadable resources
Complete a quiz to attain your certificate of achievement

CPD Points:
1 AVNAT
Kategori: Clinical Skills

Dental Hand Instruments: Care & Sharpening

Maintaining and caring for hand instruments is an important facet in veterinary dentistry. Their proper care & maintenance will ensure their longevity, your safety and your patient’s comfort.

Course Type:

  • Videocast lessons that should take up to 1 hour to complete

Features:

  • You have access to the course for 365 days
  • Complete a quiz to attain your certificate of achievement

Kategori: Clinical Skills

Dental Malocclusions: What do they Mean?

Learn to correctly identify normal occlusion in dogs and cats. Topics to be covered include: Normal occlusion, the Types & Classes of Malocclusions and their significance in the Oral Health of pets.

Course Type:

  • Videocast lessons that should take up to 1 hour to complete

Features:

  • You have access to the course for 365 days
  • Complete a quiz to attain your certificate of achievement

Kategori: Clinical Skills

Dental Radiography

Learn the steps to produce veterinary dental radiographs quickly and efficiently. Topics covered include: basics of dental radiography; techniques for patient positioning; techniques for film positioning (including bisecting angle and parallel techniques); and correct orientation of film for optimal viewing and interpretation.

Course Type:

  • Videocast lessons that should take up to 1 hour to complete

Features:

  • You have access to the course for 365 days
  • Complete a quiz to attain your certificate of achievement

CPD Points:

  • 1 AVNAT Point

Kategori: Clinical Skills

Dentistry Fundamentals: Dental Nomenclature

Nomenclature is just a fancy word for the Names of Things. In this topic we will talk about the names of all things Dentistry starting with the anatomy of the skull, the oral cavity and through to the dentition. We will address the importance of the Veterinary Nurse’s Role in caring for our dental patients and learn some fun facts about Veterinary Dentistry along the way.

Course Type:

  • Videocast lessons that should take up to 1 hour to complete

Features:

  • You have access to the course for 365 days
  • Complete a quiz to attain your certificate of achievement

CPD Points:
1 AVNAT

Kategori: Clinical Skills

Dentistry Fundamentals: Home Care Compliance

This topic gives you up to date information following global guidelines in best practice to engage clients to play an active role in the oral hygiene of their pets. Learn about the actions of home care products, tailored home care plans and the tools to educate clients.

Course Type:

  • Videocast lessons that should take up to 1 hour to complete

Features:

  • You have access to the course for 365 days
  • Complete a quiz to attain your certificate of achievement

CPD Points:

  • 1 AVNAT

Kategori: Clinical Skills

Dentistry Fundamentals: Intra-Oral Radiography

Dental radiography has its challenges. This video will address what constitutes a diagnostic image, describe the various intra-oral techniques, along with the tips for success from patient, plate & generator positioning, mastering the bisecting angle, and correctly orientating images to better assist our veterinarians with interpretation.

Course Type:

  • Videocast lessons that should take up to 1 hour to complete

Features:

  • You have access to the course for 365 days
  • Complete a quiz to attain your certificate of achievement

CPD Points:

  • 1 AVNAT CPD 

Kategori: Clinical Skills

Dentistry Fundamentals: Malocclusions & C.O.H.A.T

Veterinary nurses play a pivotal role in the success of in-clinic dental programs, patient care and client education. This video covers the latest in client communication and provision of patient care meeting global standards. This video introduces veterinary nurses to identification of the four classes of traumatic malocclusions as early detection can help to reduce lifelong pain and discomfort.

Course Type:

  • Videocast lessons that should take up to 1 hour to complete

Features:

  • You have access to the course for 365 days
  • Complete a quiz to attain your certificate of achievement

CPD Points:

  • 1 AVNAT

Kategori: Clinical Skills

Dentistry Fundamentals: Periodontal Therapy & Dental Charting

This How-to video takes the attendees through the step-by-step process of performing the professional dental cleaning, including discussions on instruments & equipment used, scaling & polishing techniques and accurate & efficient dental charting to correctly record all pathology found and treatment performed.

Course Type:
Videocast lessons that should take up to 1 hour to complete

Features:
You have access to the course for 365 days
Includes downloadable resources
Complete a quiz to attain your certificate of achievement

CPD Points:
1 AVNAT

Kategori: Clinical Skills

Tips on Talking to Clients about Oral Hygiene

Providing options for oral hygiene home care is an important aspect of caring for our dental patients. Many pet owners are aware of the importance of their pet’s oral health but need our advice and guidance to help them provide the best care for their pets. In this video, we will discuss the fundamentals of oral hygiene routines, their aims goals and how your team can gain increased client compliance in this area.

Course Type:
Videocast lessons that should take up to 1 hour to complete

Features:
You have access to the course for 365 days
Complete a quiz to attain your certificate of achievement

Points CPD:

1 AVNAT 

Kategori: Clinical Skills

Tips for Making the Most of Dentistry in Practice

This course will lead you through the Nine Steps to successfully grow your business through dentistry. We will look at how dentistry can contribute to your overall gross revenue and impact your bottom line. You will gain strategies to implement in your practice to affect real change to improve client compliance to grow your business through dentistry.

Course Type:

  • Videocast lessons that should take up to 1 hour to complete

Features: You have access to the course 365 14 days

  • Includes downloadable resources
  • Complete a quiz to attain your certificate of achievement

CPD Points:

  • 1 AVNAT

Dental Charting: Tips & Tricks

Dental Charts are used to accurately record oral pathology and treatment performed on our dental patients. This video will cover charting techniques using a systematic and thorough approach to allow for accurate recording of pathology found and the treatment performed in the patient record. The Modified Triadan Numbering System, Dental Scoring and common abbreviations for fast recording will be covered. The AVDC abbreviations discussed are accurate at the time of producing this video.

Course Type:

  • Skill Builder. Designed to provide short and sharp training on specific skill sets. Perfect for inclusion in induction programs or for those who need a quick revision.

Features:

  • You have access to the course for 365 days
  • Includes downloadable resources
  • Complete a quiz to attain your certificate of achievement

CPD Points:

  • 0.5 AVNAT 


Kategori: Skill Builders

How to Perform a Conscious Oral Exam

Oral examination of a conscious animal is largely limited to visual inspection and some digital palpation only. The benefits of the conscious oral examination is to obtain a tentative diagnosis and help formulate a treatment plan. Learn how to perform a conscious oral examination on a dog or a cat.

Course Type:

  • Skill Builder. Designed to provide short and sharp training on specific skill sets. Perfect for inclusion in induction programs or for those who need a quick revision.
Features:

  • You have access to the course for 365 days

- Clinical Intelligence: Dentistry (Foundation Skills) -

Dentistry is a crucial clinical competency for all members of the veterinary healthcare team. Mastery consists of an in-depth understanding of dental anatomy, pathophysiology and treatment options combined with practical ability. This 5 module, online program equips the veterinary nursing team with fundamental dentistry principals in an easy, bite-sized format.