EPA 15: Oral health and dental procedures

Summary

Perform dental and oral examinations and procedures relevant to your role, including routine checks and advice, identifying common dental and oral conditions with thorough dental charting and intraoral radiographs, and devising an appropriate treatment plan.

Description

Perform dental and oral examinations and procedures relevant to your role, including routine checks and advice, identifying common dental and oral conditions with thorough dental charting and intraoral radiographs, and devising an appropriate treatment plan.

There should be knowledge of oral and dental anatomy, common disorders, recognition of clinical signs of common dental disease and treatment options as well as preventative treatment. There should be a logical and systematic approach to dental examination with the support of radiography.

Success criteria 

To have demonstrated expertise and proficiency in identifying oral and dental disease and treatment options and performing a range of dental procedures across a range of different:

• Animal species
• Clinical presentations
• Acute/chronic conditions

Case complexities relevant to your role. You should employ a logical and systematic approach to dental examination, including imaging and knowledge of preventative treatments

Required competencies

The RCVS Day One Competences encompass a range of domains that may be relevant to this EPA. However, the key areas involved in performing this activity/practice are as follows:

Veterinary capability

• Individual animal
• Clinical reasoning

Reflective relationships

• Communication
• Collaboration