Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That?

Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That?

By Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry), CVJ One of the biggest fears about adding intraoral radiographs to the dentistry department service menu is that by taking full mouth radiographs the dental procedure will now take too long.  There may be some truth to...

Is That Dentistry Complete?

by Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry) The other day I was involved in a dental case with the most wonderful, beautiful black lab.  She was admitted for a COHAT (Comprehensive Oral health Assessment and Treatment). These owners attended Rau Animal Hospital’s...

Not the Root of All Evil!

By Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry), CVJ Hello there!  PetED activities have been crazy busy this year.  Unfortunately, that has curtailed my ability to send out cool cases like this for you as regularly as I had been.  Good news!  I’ve missed you and I am...

Another dental surprise!

by Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry), CVJ   Hi!  Sorry I have not posted for a while.  I have been traveling meeting extraordinary technicians from all over.  I met with many of you at NAVC in Orlando.  Shortly thereafter, I skirted over to WVC in Las Vegas and...

Out of Sight!

by Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry) This morning, we performed dentistry on a 10 year old Rat Terrier.  I just love showing off our dental surprises. We performed the cleaning and charting of this mouth.  There was a periodontal pocket evident on the distal root of...
Thank You ABC’s 20/20!  #sarcasm

Thank You ABC’s 20/20! #sarcasm

By Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry) Which anesthetic experience do you think is cheaper and safer?  Which do you want for your pet? Imagine a world, where, for some reason, you could no longer brush your own teeth and no one would do it for you.  I don’t know...