A preview of a lecture on dental extractions

In this video, Heather Duncan, DVM, DAVDC, founder and CEO of Crown Veterinary Dental Specialists in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses her lecture “Lights, Camera, Action: Let's Walk Through Real Life Dental Extractions, which focuses on dental extractions, surgical techniques, and instruments used for flap release and tooth extraction. The session, originally presented at the Fetch dvm360 Conference in Charlotte, can now be viewed virtually for continuing education credit through dvm360 Flex.

Previews of Duncan’s other on-demand lectures can be accessed below:

• A veterinary dentist previews her session on dental instruments for extractions
• Going back to the basics of dentistry

Below is a partial transcript of the video, which has been lightly edited for clarity:

Heather Duncan, DVM, DAVDC: So, our lecture for “Lights, Camera, Action: Let's Walk Through [Real Life] Dental Extractions,” I am a very visual learner, so I like to watch things being done. That's how I learned the best. So, we have compiled a lot of videos showing dental extractions, especially the main teeth that we're going to extract. So maxillary canine tooth, maxillary fourth premolar, mandibular canine tooth, mandibular first molar, as well as some premolars with periodontal disease.

So, we have compiled a lot of videos that walk you through those steps, how we're going to design that flap, the micro gingival flap, and have a tension free flap at the end to suture, as well as well as the instruments that we're going to use to release that flap, to elevate the tooth and extract that tooth itself.

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