with Dr Gary Wilson

February 2009

Price

Early Bird Option 1 AUD$4995 (expired 30 June 2008)
Early Bird Option 2 AUD$5295 (expired 31 October 2008)
Full Price AUD$5495 (full fees paid by 1 December 2008)

This course will assist you to develop a thorough understanding of equine dental diseases, their diagnosis and treatments. Hopefully it will make equine dentistry more rewarding in terms of outcomes for the patient as well as financially for you. It certainly will be less physically demanding.

By participating in this course, you can expect to:

• improve your skills to compete with lay equine dentists
• increase practice income via dentistry
• gain an understanding of equine dentistry that will enable you to better service your clients’ needs
• increase your diagnostic skills, especially in radiography of the head
• improve your understanding of the benefits of correct dental treatments
• gain a thorough knowledge of oral anatomy and disease

Tutor

Dr Gary Wilson
BVSc MVSc MACVs (Veterinary Dentistry)

Associate Professor Gary Wilson started his veterinary career in Darwin and it was there that he developed his interest in horse work. Following this, he moved to Perth where he was a partner in an equine practice from 1979 to 1985. From 1985 to 1995 he was the principal of a mixed practice in Gympie, Queensland.

Since 1995, Gary has operated a veterinary dental referral practice in Brisbane and is the consultant in veterinary dentistry to the University of Queensland School of Veterinary Science. He currently gives lectures and tutorials to veterinary students in equine dentistry. He is an adjunct associate professor in the School of Veterinary Science at the University of Queensland. Gary is the author of the Post Graduate Foundation textbook ‘Equine Dentistry’, published in 2000 and was the inaugural chairman of the AEVA Standing Committee in equine dentistry. This course will assist you to develop a thorough understanding of equine dental diseases, their diagnosis and treatments. It will make equine dentistry more rewarding in terms of the outcome for the patient as well as financially for you.

All DE participants are required to be members of the CVE.

Enquiries Billy Paterson, course coordinator