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Advanced Dentistry & Oral Surgery Services 

New Zealand Veterinary Dentistry offers a full, comprehensive range of specialty services in companion animal dentistry and oral surgery, as well as in-clinic training modules for veterinary clinics across New Zealand.  

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Periodontal Surgery

Periodontal surgery addresses diseases of the periodontium, being the gingiva, alveolar bone, periodontal ligament and cementum. The following is a list of common periodontal surgery offered (but not limited to): 

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  • Comprehensive Oral Health Assessment and Treatment (COHAT)

  • Periodontal prophylaxis including subgingival root planing (closed/open)

  • Treatment of aggressive and/ or chronic periodontitis

  • Advanced periodontal flap surgery

  • Gingivectomy/ gingivoplasty for gingival enlargement

  • Guided tissue regeneration

Endodontics

Endodontic treatment specifically treats diseases of the pulp. Commonly this involves salvaging damaged teeth with pulpal exposure or necrosis so that the pet can retain the function and structure of the tooth without pain or discomfort. Endodontic procedures offered include:

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  • Standard root canal therapy (single rooted teeth)

  • Standard root canal therapy (multiple rooted teeth)

  • Vital pulpotomy/ direct pulp capping

  • Indirect pulp capping

  • Surgical endodontics (apicoectomy)

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Advanced Oral Surgery

NZVD provides the highest standard of care in advanced oral surgery, including the use of a state-of-the-art, less traumatic and minimally invasive piezoelectric surgery unit. Advanced oral surgery procedures offered are as listed below (but not limited to): 

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  • Complicated/ difficult surgical extractions (e.g. impacted/malformed teeth, root displacement/ retained roots, extractions carrying risk of mandibular jaw fracture)

  • Maxillectomy/ mandibulectomy procedures

  • Oral cyst debridement and enucleation

  • Acute/ chronic oronasal fistula repair

  • Cleft palate repair (primary/ secondary)

  • Tongue (lingual) surgery 

  • Non-invasive mandibular fracture repair 

  • Surgical treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders

Restoratives/ Prosthodontics

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Restorative dentistry and prosthodontics are operative dentistry procedures aimed at recreating a functional crown following damage. These procedures include: 

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  • Restoration of enamel defects

  • Cavity/ caries debridement & restoration

  • Composite restoration & dentine bonded sealant application

  • Prosthodontics (Metal Crowns) - Crown preparation and dental impressions, cementation

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Orthodontics

Orthodontics is the field of dentistry that aims at treating traumatic malocclusions. This can be done by removal of offending teeth, movement of malpositioned teeth, or crown height reduction of malpositioned teeth. Orthodontic procedures offered by NZVD: 

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  • Interceptive extractions of deciduous/ permanent teeth

  • Gingivectomy/ alveolectomy

  • Temporary crown extensions

  • Inclined planes

  • Active force appliances

  • Crown reduction/ direct pulp capping

Feline Specific Dentistry

Our beautiful feline friends can be very special, and as such there are several feline specific diseases that may be tricky to navigate. Feline specifc disorders that can benefit from advanced veterinary dentistry services include: 

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  • Management of refractory chronic gingivostomatitis cases (partial mouth/ full mouth extractions, ongoing medical management)

  • Treatment of tooth resorption cases

  • Symphyseal separation/ jaw fracture

  • Temporomandibular joint disruptions

  • Management of other feline specific conditions (pyogenic granuloma, eosinophilic granuloma etc.)

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