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Congress on Demand 2021: Dentistry
We are pleased to present a selection of lectures from BSAVA virtual Congress 2021 that cover dentistry. This collection can be purchased as a standalone item, with a discount for BSAVA members. Visit our Congress on Demand information page for information about how to access the rest of our 2021 congress lectures.
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Dental management in practice
BSAVA Congress Proceedings 2021Authors: Jens Ruhnau and Claire BloorErgonomics in the dental station for the veterinary surgeon: Ergonomically good positions are very important when doing dentistry, since procedures are often long and numerous in awkward back and head positions. This lecture gives the basic guidelines to sit and work with ergonomically good manners to prevent headache, neck, shoulder and back pain to develop. It covers hand instrument grip, light, units, magnifiers, table and chairs, and give a number of solutions to go home and use immediately or to consider when buying new equipment.
Ergonomics in the dental station for the veterinary nurse: Ergonomics is extremely important in the dental station as the veterinary surgeon may frequently spend significant periods of time operating on individual patients, as well as undertaking multiple procedures per day. This can take its toll on the veterinary surgeon’s health and wellbeing due to the potentially awkward head and neck positions they often adopt throughout these procedures. This lecture provides the veterinary nurse with knowledge pertaining to ergonomics in the dental station to take back and apply in practice immediately, to minimise or eliminate the aforementioned negative impacts on their surgeons. We discuss optimal set up of the dental station considering access to the dental unit, X-ray generator, anaesthetic machine and surgical instrumentation, including the positioning of the table and operating light, and explore the concept of four-handed dentistry.
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Dental surgery: difficult extractions – tips and tricks
BSAVA Congress Proceedings 2021Authors: Jens Ruhnau and Milinda LommerDifficult dog extractions – tips and tricks: Canines and carnassials most often cause problems when extracted. Root fractures, flap dehiscence and jaw fractures are among the most frustrating complications in the field of veterinary dentistry. This lectures gives tips and tricks to avoid these complications. Some of them you might know – some of them might be new.
Difficult cat extractions – tips and tricks: Extracting teeth from cats poses many unique challenges, including a small space within which to work, fragile gingival tissues, a thin plate of bone separating the oral and nasal cavities, proximity of the maxillary teeth to the orbit, and tooth resorption. Preoperative imaging (radiographs and/or cone-beam CT) is imperative to assess the teeth and alveolar bone prior to extractions. Excellent lighting, magnification loupes, and specialized instrumentation will facilitate extractions. Specialised instrumentation includes fiber-optic or LED-lit high-speed handpieces with irrigation, small round and tapered diamond burs, small Molt or P24G periosteal elevators, cheek and lip retractors, 0.9-, 1.3- and 2-mm luxating elevators, root tip forceps (e.g. FX-49), 4.75” needle-holders, and 5-0 or 6-0 monofilament suture material on a reverse cutting needle. An open technique with removal of alveolar bone will prevent many root fractures, as will knowing when to perform surgical subgingival crown amputation (aka coronectomy) vs. extraction in toto for teeth with resorption. When root fracture does occur, enlarging the flap, removing more alveolar bone and using a tiny ¼ carbide bur to create a trough around the root will enable positioning of a luxator into the periodontal ligament space that may have previously been inaccessible.
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