Description
This workshop will take your dentistry to “the next level”, with developing a deeper understanding of more common conditions like periodontal disease and possible avenues for salvage to uncommon conditions like how to approach facial trauma emergency cases.
Key Skills:
At the end of this workshop delegates will be able to:
- Understand the value of COHAT to improve periodontal outcomes
- Feline dentistry focus including full quadrant extraction
- Retrieval of fractured root tups and difficult to access caudal molar teeth
- Basic introduction to maxillofacial trauma, minimally invasive repair techniques and understand biomechanics associated with jaw fracture repair.
Speaker Biography
Angus Fechney
BVSc, Diplomate AVDC. Board Certified Veterinary Dentist™. Companion Animal Dental Service.
Dr Angus Fechney currently runs a small animal dental referral business based in Palmerston North, New Zealand. In 2014 he finished a six-year stint coordinating primary clinical companion animal service and final year undergraduate teaching within the Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital. After completing a residency program, he passed his American Board exams in Small Animal Dentistry in 2022. He currently teaches dentistry to the senior vet students at Massey as well as providing referral dental services visiting several clinics around central New Zealand.
Angus has several years of experience teaching veterinary colleagues in a practical setting and is passionate about all things dental
Crystal C. Loh
BSc Hons, DVM, MANZCVS (SA Dentistry & Oral Surgery), DAVDC. Board Certified Veterinary Dentist™(Diplomate of the AVDC)
Dr. Crystal Loh graduated in 2007 from the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, before completing a 1-year internship at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, before moving to New Zealand where she practiced as a general practitioner for over 10 years. In 2016, Dr. Loh acquired memberships through the Australian & New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Small Animal Dentistry & Oral Surgery.
Following this, she embarked on a full time dental residency, and in 2022, Dr. Loh successfully completed her written and practical board examinations, based in the USA, thus satisfying all the requirements to become accepted as a diplomate of the American Veterinary Dental College. Dr. Loh has wide experience speaking and teaching, having lectured across New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Dr. Loh currently operates a mobile specialty dental referral service in the Waikato, working out of multiple locations. She loves providing support and education to referring veterinarians through case discussions and teaching, and thoroughly enjoys sharing her passion for veterinary dentistry.
Value to your practice
Participants will be able to further refine and develop a more in-depth focus on dental conditions in companion animals and expand their skill set to encompass challenging and more advanced procedures.
Accommodation
There are 2 suggested accommodation options which are a 5 minute drive from the workshop venue and 15 minutes to Auckland airport, including:
Event Details
Start date: November 14, 2024
End date: November 15, 2024
Start time: 08:30
End time: 17:00
Venue: Kahuvet Education Centre, Wiri, Auckland
Coordinates: -37.004418, 174.866307
Directions: 23 Ash Road, Wiri, Auckland 2104
