15^th European Congress of Veterinary Dentistry

 

Queen’s College, Cambridge, UK

 

8^th-9^th September 2006.

 

 

The Congress started in its now traditional manner with fully subscribed Wetlabs, on the pre-congress Thursday. This year they were organised by the EVDS Board, with support from Simone Ostermeier of the EVDC, and the tutors. The morning session was taken by Philippe Hennet and Jan Schreyer, both of the EVDC, and focused on the use of new ultrasonic tips that may be especially useful in daily veterinary dentistry: subgingival curets, diamond orifice openers for root canal preparation, diamonds tips for coronal enlargement and diamonds ball excavators for cavity preparation. We were grateful to Satelec for proving a large number of dental workstations and a selection of the new types of ultrasonic tips for all delegates to have maximum ‘hands on’ time. The afternoon session was taken by Ira Luskin and Norman Johnston from the AVDC, who covered maxilectomies, mandibulectomies and jaw fracture repair.

 

There was a Welcome Reception on the Thursday evening for all delegates with drinks and a buffet sponsored by Pfizer, who gave a presentation on a new periodontitis vaccine, soon to be launched in Europe.

 

The full Congress opened on Friday morning, and over the two days covered new research findings, technique reviews, and case reports. The keynote speaker was Dr Ahktar of the Royal Preston and Blackpool Victoria Hospitals, UK, who gave an overview of Human Oral Cancer, which stimulated many questions afterwards on the comparative aspect with our patients.

 

There was also a well attended Poster exhibition with 6 posters on display.

 

On the Friday evening there was the other tradition of the EVDS- a Gala Dinner. Delegates met in ‘Old Hall’ in Queens College, a richly decorated medieval hall, for a drinks reception. We then moved to the main dining room for an excellent meal, wonderful company (as is usual for the EVDS) followed by dancing into the early hours of the next morning (except the President who had fractured ribs from a mountain bike accident!).

 

The EVDS is grateful for the sponsors who not only provided a commercial exhibition, but whose generosity made such a great Congress possible. The Major sponsors were Hills, Pfizer, Royal Canin, Satelec, IAMS, Technik Technology and Arnolds Veterinary Products. Other Sponsors were Vetdent, Accesia, AFP Imaging, Kruuse, Molar, and Vetspecs Europe.

 

The full Program is shown below;

 

 

 

 

Oncology session

                                    Oncologic decision making and treatment.  Ira Luskin, USA

 

Oral squamous cell carcinomas in the cat - what options are                                                                                                                        there?  Alex Smithson, UK

 

                                    Treatment of feline lingual squamous cell carcinoma using electrochemotherapy : a case report.  Zlatko Pavlica, Milan Petelin, Ana Nemec, David Crossley, Maja Čemažar, Gregor Serša and Nataša Tozon, Slovenia

 

 An unusual odontogenic tumour in a puppy.  Peter Southerden, UK

 

Keynote Invited Speaker. Oral Cancer in Humans- The Forgotten Patient. Dr Ahktar, UK.

 

Case reports session

Renal secondary hyperparathyroidism in two dogs. Jan Schreyer, Germany

 

                                    Proliferative inflammatory lesions of the oral mucosa in a Japanese chin: a case report

Jerzy Gawor, Poland

 

Surgical treatment of a craniofacial polytrauma in a cat : a case report.  Jesús María Fernández Sánchez, M. Del Campo Velasco, JI. Trobo Muńiz, A. Castejón González , P. Llorens Pena, F. San Roman, Spain

 

 

Oral and maxillofacial surgery session

 

 Maxillo-facial Trauma Diagnosis and Treatment.  Ira Luskin, USA

 

                                    The Diagnostic Yield of Conventional Radiography versus Computed Tomography in Dogs and Cats with Maxillofacial Trauma.  Frank J.M. Verstraete, Yoav Bar-Am, USA

 

                                    Overview of some veterinary surgical procedures utilizing the free-flowing -CO₂ - laser (hard laser) in the mouth of dogs and cats.  Volker Ortmann, Germany

 

                                    Gingival Surgery.  Colin Harvey, USA

 

                                    Hereditary amalogenesis imperfecta (AI) in standard poodles

Tina Mannerfelt, Sweden

 

 

 

Exotic and large animals session

 

                            Clinical diagnostic and incidence of oral cavity diseases in small herbivorous mammals.  Vladimir Jekl, Czech Republic

 

Osteoma in a Prairie dog (Cynomys Ludovicianus): a case report.  Vladimir Jekl, Czech Republic

 

                                    Reeves’ Muntjac: Dentition of a Small Deer with a Formidable Upper Canine.  Gerhard Putter, United Kingdom

 

Periodontal disease session 1

 

                                   Clinical and structural characteristics of the canine gingiva

Michal Kyllar, Kirsti Witter, Frantisek Tichy, Czech Republic

 

                                    Oral Flora in beagle dogs detected by checkerboard DNA-DNA hybridization.

Marleen Rober, Belgium

 

                                    Echocardiographic alterations and periodontal disease in dogs: a clinical study.

Florian Boutoille, A. Dorizon, J-L Pellerin, O. Gauthier, France

 

                                    Canine Periodontitis: Isolation and Identification of Periodontopathogens and Initial Evaluation of a Bacterin

Heidi Lobprise, USA

 

                                    Canine Periodontitis Vaccine: Canine Apical Periodontitis Model and Safety Study

Heidi Lobprise, USA

 

                                    Post-operative complications of exodontics

Alex Smithson, UK

 

Feline session

 

                                    Short-term results of treatment of feline stomatitis with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid or pradofloxacin

Colin Harvey, Chern Lai , USA

 

                                    Temporomandibular joint ankylosis in three cats: diagnosis, treatment and complications

Margherita Gracis, Italy

 

                                    Differentiation of chronic stomatitis in oral squamous cell carcinoma in three cats.

Paola Signorelli, D. Stefanello, P. Roccabianca, Italy

 

                                   Feline Dental resorptions in a colony of 109 cats.

Nicolas Girard, E. Servet, V. Biourge, P. Hennet, France

 

Endodontic and prosthodontic session

Experiences with dental implants replacing the carnassial teeth in dogs,  Jens Ruhnau, Tom Olsen, Denmark

 

                                    Bisection of the maxillary fourth premolar in a dog

Vladimira Erjavec, D. A. Crossley, Slovenia

 

                                    Reconstruction of maxillary and mandibular canines using a metal Richmond crown and an orthopaedic pin reinforced full metal crown: a case report

LA. Mestrinho, R. Mendes, JM. Fernandez Sánchez, RJ Onça, M. Niza, Spain

 

 

Periodontal disease session 2

 

                                    Study of the systemic response to aspiration of gram negative pathogens: detection of organ nitric oxide levels.

Ana Nemec, Z. Pavlica, M. Petelin, M. Nemec, M. Šentjurc, Slovenia

 

                                    Effects of active nutrients applied to a dry food on plaque and calculus accumulation in dogs.

Philippe Hennet, E. Servet, V. Biourge, France

 

                                    Influence of calculus accumulation on the discriminatory power of plaque thickness. Evaluation with the Logan & Boyce plaque index system

Philippe Hennet, E. Servet, V. Biourge, France

 

 

Poster Session

 

Apicoectomy in four horses.  F. San Román, A. Castejón, L. Rubio, A. Whyte, C. Manso, M. Duch, P. Lloréns, Madrid, Spain

 

Clinical results of a new treatment of feline gingivostomatitis with an immunemodulator (Zylexis®).  K. Zetner, C. Stoian, V. Benetka, , K. Möstl, S. Groiss, A. Saalmüller, Vienna, Austria

 

Comparison of guttapercha obturation techniques in the treatment of wide root canals in dogs.  Igor Capik, Kosice, Slovak Republic

 

The cast metal crown with integrated post unit – The role of the intrapulpal post on the stability of canine crown reconstruction in dogs.  Igor Capik, Kosice, Slovak Republic

 

Effects of oral colostrum or whey on dental score, blood igG and salivary igA in cats following dental cleaning.  I. Jeusette, S. Fernandez, M. Compagnucci, Ll Vilaseca, V. Romano, C. Torre, Barcelona, Spain

 

Age, gender, home care, diet and body weight influence on oral health in cats and dogs. Results of 2005 Pet Smile Campaign in Poland. J.P. Gawor, K. Jodkowska, G. Kurski, A. Kurek, J. Hylmarova, M. Kaszyński, Poland