Veterinary Dentistry for the General Practitioner 2nd Edition

Your Comprehensive Guide to Veterinary Dentistry, 2nd Edition

The new edition of this book has been thoroughly revised and updated to ensure it continues to meet the needs of today’s veterinarians and veterinary students. This book offers all the theoretical knowledge and practical help any general practitioner needs in order to practise good dentistry, providing comprehensive and detailed knowledge of how to diagnose, prevent, and treat common oral conditions in the dog and cat.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Focus: The book concentrates on the most commonly encountered dental problems in small animal practice. It also deals with dental disorders in lagomorphs and rodents, as these are becoming increasingly popular as pets.
• Practical Tips: The author is a world authority on small animal dentistry and provides practical tips and unique insights on best practice. The book highlights the risks associated with various procedures and includes details on how to manage complications.
• Expanded Content: The new second edition includes a totally rewritten extraction chapter that covers new techniques and instrumentation. An expanded equipment and instrumentation chapter covers the subject in more depth and includes new available instrumentation and augmented sections on the care of equipment.
• Enhanced Visuals: The book is illustrated with many updated and additional photographs, with color photographs and high-quality illustrations that make it an essential consulting room companion.
• Unique Insights: It provides information on diagnosis and initial management of less common diseases, where the ultimate treatment will generally be performed by a specialist but the general practitioner needs to be able to identify a problem and have a basic understanding of the pathophysiology of the tissues involved.