September usually means yellow school buses, football, and homework again for little ones. But they aren’t the only ones who were hitting the books a few weeks ago. Dr. Doolittle was out of town from September 29 through October 2 as some of you may have realized. She and our registered veterinary technician, Stephanie, were attending the Southwestern Veterinary Symposium in San Antonio. This seminar is considered continuing education and involves a full day of classes for each day of the symposium. They were able to learn about advancements and discoveries in a variety of topics concerning animal health and care. During their downtime, (when they weren’t calling to check in on patients back here at the clinic,) they were privileged enough to get to examine the latest technology in veterinary medicine that was on display.

While there, they were greatly impressed by a new dental machine and we are pleased to report that we now have it in our clinic.  This machine is air driven and polishes, cleans, and helps with extractions much more efficiently than our old machine.  Dental hygiene and health are extremely important not only for humans, but also our furry companions.

You may want to read more about dental health for dogs and cats in our article called “The Tooth Fairy”.