The authors provide a ready reference to the practical clinical aspects of small animal dentistry, arranged to reflect the clinician's thinking and approach to problems: background information, clinical relevance, key points, differential diagnoses, diagnostic tests, and management. The fully illustrated text offers real-life insights into the progression of oral disease for veterinary practitioners and students, and can also serve as a valuable review for more advanced veterinary dentists--From publisher description.

Anatomy and physiology -- Oral examination -- Veterinary dental radiology -- Pathology in the pediatric patient -- Pathologies of the dental hard tissues -- Problems with gingiva -- Pathologies of the oral mucosa -- Problems with muscles, bones, and joints -- Malignant oral neoplasia -- Pathologies of the salivary system.