Advanced Clinical Companion Animal Odontology

Knowledge

The graduate will be able to:

• Understand the etiology, pathophysiology and clinical appearance of disorders of the oral cavity including the teeth and the jaw bone.
• Define, identify and discuss veterinary methodology and para clinical tools in systematized reflective clinical decision making in advanced companion animal clinical odontology.
• Explain, reflect about and demonstrate overview of complex clinical decision making, patient therapy and prognosis at an advanced level in odontology
• List, classify, and demonstrate critical reflection on existing and new approaches to patient diagnosis, therapy, management and client education in a specialty practice situation within advanced companion animal odontology.
• Define and identify relevant anatomical structures.

Skills

Within the area of clinical companion animal odontology the graduate will be able to:

• Interpret, assess and reflect on collected patient data in order to localize and identify diseases of the oral cavity and its causes, make clinical decisions, arrive at a diagnosis, apply, and integrate evidence based scientific approaches to plan and administer further diagnostics like imaging, histopathology and cytology.
• Perform endodontic treatment of traumatized teeth including vital pulp therapy and root canal treatment including use of new technologies.
• Perform orthodontic treatment in patients with traumatizing malocclusion.
• Perform various types of invasive oral surgery in patients with oral cancer.
• Assess patients after surgery with focus on treatment effect, complications and prognosis.
• Continuously seek out, reflect on and apply new evidence based methods management in specialized companion animal odontology patients.
• Communicate and discuss academic issues and solution models with both peers and non-specialists at an advanced level and across disciplines within companion animal odontology practice.
• Communicate effectively in writing and pass on results to relevant parties.

Competences

The graduate will be able to:

• Evaluate and manage companion animal diseases within companion animal odontology, which may necessitate novel solutions and approaches identified from current medical literature or other resources.
• Work independently, take responsibility for, predict, prognosticate and make decisions within the chosen specialisation.

• Collaborate constructively within and between specialists/professionals and lay persons involved in companion animal patient management.
• Make ethical considerations regarding diagnostic methods and therapies and place these into perspective.
  • Oral neoplasia and other patient types where ethical issues are pertinent to discuss both medically and in relation to the individual patient and client.
• Independently evaluate and structure own learning processes and continuously obtain new knowledge at a specialty level within companion animal odontology.
  • Evidence based presentation of topics and cases
  • Evidence based research/study protocol/systematic review for diagnosis, management or therapy of disease incl. inclusion and exclusion criteria

You must meet the following criteria to be admitted to this course: 

• Hold a degree in Veterinary Medicine
• Hold one of the following certifications
• DVA Certificate in Small Animal Diseases (equivalent to the 4 compulsory courses of the Master of Companion Animal Clinical Science)
• Swedish / Norwegian / Finnish specialist in diseases of dogs and cats
• Equivalent competences
• Have a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience from companion animal practice
• Be proficient in English

Find detailed information about the formal requirements for this course.