How AAHA and WSAVA Guidelines Can Help Increase Dental Compliance

Brook Niemiec

DVM, DAVDC

Dr. Niemiec is a 1994 graduate of the University of California, Davis. He is a Board Certified specialist in Veterinary Dentistry by the American Veterinary Dental College as well as the European Veterinary Dental College. Further, he is a Fellow in the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry. He is immediate past President of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry as well as its representative to the World Small Animal Veterinary Association. He is Chief of Staff of Southern California Veterinary Dental Specialties with offices in Santa Barbara, San Diego, Irvine, Ontario, and Murrieta California, as well as Las Vegas, Nevada and New Orleans LA. As an advocate for oral health he is a regular speaker on the local, national, and international levels. In addition, he has authored many articles, chapters, and books including the recently published “Small Animal Dental Oral, and Maxillofacial disease, A Color Handbook” and “Veterinary Periodontology”. Through Practical Veterinary Publishing he has published veterinary dental specific titles including: extractions, endodontics, orthodontics, dental emergencies, and restorations. He founded the premier veterinary dental telemedicine website vetdentalrad.com, through which has produced instructional videos and educational posters. Finally, he coordinates the San Diego Vet Dental Training Center. This has 3-4 meetings a year covering basic and intermediate veterinary dentistry.