An AAHA Mandate

An AAHA Mandate

By Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry) On August 28th, 2013 AAHA (American Animal Hospital Association) released a some strong wording regarding the provision of dentistry within accredited veterinary hospitals and those seeking AAHA accreditation.  AAHA Newstat, the...
Exploring the Explorer!

Exploring the Explorer!

By Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry) Today I would like to introduce a very under utilized piece of dental instrumentation; the dental explorer.  There are different types of dental explorers but most commonly veterinary practices purchase and employ a...
Hershey…sweet!

Hershey…sweet!

I have just returned from a much needed rest in the Berkshires this past weekend.  Upon returning home and jumping right back into life, I stopped to reflect on PetEd’s recent past.  Over the previous weekend, I attended and taught at the Keystone Veterinary...

Do You Count?

By Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry) I am starting my first clinical blog from my new website about two of my favorite subjects; intraoral radiology and knowing the dentition of your patients. One of the first tasks when performing the unconscious examination of your...

PetED’s New Website

Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry) I was asked to co-present in a workshop called Rock’em Sock’em Dentals with Bash Halow, LVT, CVPM, his Halow Tassava Consulting  partner Brenda Tassava, CVPM, CVJ and Howard Gittleman, DVM.  The focus of this workshop was...