John Robinson BDS (Lond.), Dentist to the Veterinary Profession

John qualified as a dentist in 1984 and worked in general dental practice for 6 years. He has worked in veterinary dentistry full time since 1992 and was a BVDA course organiser from 1995 until 2004. His work is increasingly focused on advancing dentistry in general veterinary practice.

Who should attend:

All general practice veterinary surgeons - not only those interested and keen to do better dentistry but also those who have an overseeing role or supervisory input. Even those who have been doing dentistry for a long time will get much new information and a different perspective to other dental courses.

What the course will help the attendees to do:

• Review and renew the way you do dentistry
• Be able to assess the mouth and know when treatment is required
• Be confident that you can succeed in tooth extractions
• Supervise other people in your practice performing dentistry
• Benefit your patients ; pain and infection free mouths
• Appreciate that feline dentistry is not the same as canine dentistry

Learning objectives 

By the end of this course delegates should have a thorough understanding of: 

• Recognition and diagnosis of common dental problems
• Selecting the correct treatment for effective results
• Avoiding iatrogenic damage in scaling, polishing and extractions
• The choice and application of different techniques for extraction
• How to deal with complicated extractions and complications of extractions