Matthew is one of only a handful of Veterinary Dentists in the UK and established the New Forest Veterinary Dental Service in 2011, to provide a service for referral veterinary dental and oral surgery procedures for other veterinary practices. He sees around 1000 cases a year, ranging from routine work to complex dental and oral surgery cases including extensive maxillofacial reconstructions following trauma and oral cancer surgery.
He has carried out ground breaking jaw removal surgery (mandibulectomy) in Pygmy Slow Loris, which weigh as little at 350g! His main interest is in endodontic (root canal) treatment of teeth, and has carried out over 3000 root canal procedures in dogs and cats. He has even carried out root canal treatment in Tigers, Lions, Leopards, Otters, Wolves and several primate species, which really pushes these techniques to their limits!
He has carried out ground breaking jaw removal surgery (mandibulectomy) in Pygmy Slow Loris, which weigh as little at 350g! His main interest is in endodontic (root canal) treatment of teeth, and has carried out over 3000 root canal procedures in dogs and cats. He has even carried out root canal treatment in Tigers, Lions, Leopards, Otters, Wolves and several primate species, which really pushes these techniques to their limits!
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A huge percentage of pet animals in the UK suffer from oral disease that often goes untreated. This can be due to a number of reasons, which may include the difficulty examining this area of the body completely in conscious patients. In addition, undergraduate training in veterinary dentistry is often considerably less than some other subjects.
At New Forest Veterinary Dental Service, we are lucky to have worked with some of the most spectacular animals in zoos around the country. These are some of the images that these establishments have been kind enough to allow us to share with you. The work we provide for these patients is always done free of charge, to make sure the zoo can continue to do the excellent conservation work that is at the heart of their existence.
Root canal treatment is used for a number of different reasons, but essentially it is used to maintain a tooth in an animals mouth, whereby that tooth would normally need to be extracted. It is the most common reason the animals are referred to our service.
It is used to treat damaged and devitalised teeth and may be used to treat dogs with malocclusions, where an abnormally positioned tooth is causing damage to other structures, such as other teeth or soft tissues within the mouth.It is not used in veterinary medicine as a cosmetic procedure, but is mainly used to preserve those teeth which we prefer not to remove.
It is used to treat damaged and devitalised teeth and may be used to treat dogs with malocclusions, where an abnormally positioned tooth is causing damage to other structures, such as other teeth or soft tissues within the mouth.It is not used in veterinary medicine as a cosmetic procedure, but is mainly used to preserve those teeth which we prefer not to remove.
Dentistry in cats is not easy and is even more difficult in general practice without specialist dental equipment. Cats have thin, fragile roots that are easily broken, the oral cavity is small and difficult to work in and they have a higher incidence of some diseases that make successful treatment even more difficult.
Jaw surgery is all part of the service we offer. We treat a number of conditions from traumatic injuries and jaw fractures to tumour surgery and developmental diseases of the teeth and jaws. We have the benefit of not only being able to treat the jaw disease but also any dental problems that are associated!
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