Companion Animal Odontology– Companion Animal Dental, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery

To achieve the grade passed, the student shall be able to:

Knowledge

• Define, identify, and discuss veterinary methodology and para-clinical tools in systematized reflective clinical decision-making in companion animal dental, maxillofacial, and oral surgery (including AO synthesis of the jaws and cancer resections) using relevant diagnostic imaging methods.
• Explain, reflect on, and demonstrate overview of complex clinical decision-making, patient therapy, and management at an advanced level in dental, maxillofacial, and oral surgery (including AO synthesis of the jaws and cancer resections) using relevant diagnostic imaging methods.
• 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 dental, maxillofacial, and oral surgical patients.

Skills

• Perform resective surgery of the jaw to remove cancer.
• Perform jaw fracture repair by artificial osteosynthesis.
• Diagnose and manage common dental diseases in lagomorphs and rodents.
• Interpret, assess, and reflect on collected patient data in order to identify/localize the cause of disease, make clinical decisions, arrive at a diagnosis, and apply and integrate evidence-based scientific approaches to plan and administer further diagnostics, patient therapy, and pain management in dental, maxillofacial and oral surgery patients.
• Continuously seek out, reflect on, and apply new evidence-based methods management in specialized companion animal dental, maxillofacial, and oral surgery patients.
• Communicate and discuss academic issues and solution models with both peers and nonspecialists at an advanced level and across disciplines within companion animal odontology practice.
• Communicate effectively in writing and pass on results to relevant parties.

Competences

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

To achieve the maximum grade 12, the student shall be able to:

Knowledge

• Define, identify, and discuss veterinary methodology and para-clinical tools in systematized reflective clinical decision-making in companion animal dental, maxillofacial, and oral surgery (including AO synthesis of the jaws and cancer resections) using relevant diagnostic imaging methods.
• Explain, reflect on, and demonstrate overview of complex clinical decision-making, patient therapy, and management at an advanced level in dental, maxillofacial, and oral surgery (including AO synthesis of the jaws and cancer resections) using relevant diagnostic imaging methods.
• 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 dental, maxillofacial, and oral surgical patients.

Skills

• Perform resective surgery of the jaw to remove cancer.
• Perform jaw fracture repair by artificial osteosynthesis.
• Diagnose and manage common dental disease in lagomorphs and rodents.
• Interpret, assess, and reflect on collected patient data in order to identify/localize the cause of disease, make clinical decisions, arrive at a diagnosis, and apply, and integrate evidence-based scientific approaches to plan and administer further diagnostics, patient therapy, and pain management in dental, maxillofacial and oral surgery patients.
• Continuously seek out, reflect on, and apply new evidence-based methods management in specialized companion animal dental, maxillofacial, and oral surgery patients.
• Communicate and discuss academic issues and solution models with both peers and nonspecialists at an advanced level and across disciplines within companion animal odontology practice.
• Communicate effectively in writing and pass on results to relevant parties.

Competences

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