The University of Illinois offers a comprehensive on-line asynchronous learning experience in small animal dentistry for veterinary students. The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) enforced a new mandate requiring all AVMA accredited colleges to include veterinary dentistry as part of their core curriculum. This course, along with hands-on laboratories and clinical rotations, will help provide veterinary students with the knowledge and skills required to practice high-quality, entry level dentistry following graduation and meet the AVMA mandate.

Clinical Small Animal Dentistry  is equal to 1 academic credit hour consisting of 8 modules requiring approximately 3 hours to complete per module . The  modules should be taken in the proper sequence for an optimal learning experience.

Module 1: Canine and Feline Dental and Paradental Anatomy
Module 2: Extraction Techniques and Complication
Module 3: Veterinary Dental Radiography
Module 4: Canine Dental and Oral Pathology
Module 5: Feline Dental and Oral Pathology
Module 6: Periodontal Disease and Treatment Options
Module 7: Oral and Dental Trauma
Module 8: Recognition and Management of Oral Tumors

Following completion of each module the student is instructed to take a 20-question quiz. Each module contains a bank of 40 questions that is randomized on each quiz. In order to receive a certificate of completion, the veterinary student must obtain at least 70% on each module. Students may take each quiz as many times as necessary to meet their personal goals whether it is 70% or 100% on each quiz

$35 per veterinary student. Colleges may enroll their students, receive two free faculty registrations and pay via invoice by contacting ilearningvetmed@illinois.edu. Veterinary Students purchasing individual enrollment may do so online. 

Continuing Education (CE) certificate are not available for the veterinary student version of the course. Veterinarians are able to access the same material in the same format and receive 24 CE hours here