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2024 Make Me Smile Program Shelter Dentistry Grant Winner Announced
The Foundation for Veterinary Dentistry (FVD) is thrilled to announce the Kentucky Humane Society (KHS) as the recipient of the 2024 Make Me Smile Program Shelter Dentistry Grant. This prestigious award recognizes KHS's exceptional commitment to improving dental care...
MMS Mission 2022
A MMSP mission was conducted at Ingham County Animal Control & Shelter, Mason, Michigan on October 13, 2022. Dr. Katie Venet, the veterinarian who volunteered to conduct the mission, shared the following: “I thought the mission went well and it was helpful that...
Snow leopard gets treated for fractured tooth
Dr. Boaz Arzi, DAVDC, DEVDC, Dr. Maria Soltero- Rivera, DAVDC, and Kimi Kan, RDH from the Dentistry and Oral Surgery Service along with the UC Davis Anesthesia and Exotic Animal Service helped an rare threatened species, a snow leopard with a toothache. Dr. Arzi...
Make Me Smile 2024
The MMSP mission conducted on Sat 1-20-2024 was in support of the Auburn Valley Humane Society and held at their Northwest Spay & Neuter Center in Tacoma, WA, 6401 Pacific Ave Tacoma, WA 98408. (Dr. Emily Purvis is the Director of Veterinary Services and will send...
Midmark hosts weeklong dental education to students at their global education and experience center
In late March 2023, Midmark hosted a cohort of eight fourth-year veterinary students from Auburn at their global education and experience center on their Versailles, Ohio campus for a week of dentistry lectures and hands-on labs. Drs. Barden Greenfield and Paul...
Reno Spca Report October 11, 2022
SPCA of Northern Nevada (SPCA-NN) is very grateful for this grant, which allowed us to get the necessary dental equipment and full staff training so we can provide in-house dentals for our shelter pets! Your organization has provided hundreds of pets with vital pain...
The Ohio State University And Iowa State College Of Veterinary Medicine Were Awarded FVD Grants
In 2022, two universities received grants in the amount of $15,000 each. The grant recipients were Ohio State and Iowa State. Representatives from both universities provided an update on their respective grant’s impact at the annual Outreach Committee meeting In...
Veterinary Oral Medicine: An Emerging Subspecialty
Dr. Jamie Anderson presented a poster at the American Academy of Oral Medicine meeting in Memphis. See the full poster here
MMSP
LEE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES, FLORIDA Lee County Domestic Animal Services Shelter with special thanks to the Make Me Smile Project hosted a training for their veterinarians and veterinary technicians December 16 and 17, 2021 on dental procedures and use of dental x-ray...
2021 Foundation President’s Special Award
Interview with Dr. Peter Emily, DDS, Hon. Dipl AVDC, AVD2021 Foundation President’s Special Award RecipientDr. Peter Emily, founder of the Peter Emily International Veterinary Dental Foundation (PEIVDF) is an accomplished human and veterinary dentist with a career...
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2024 Titanium Member Contributors
Dr. Josephine Banyard
Dr. Cynthia Bell
Dr. Cindy Charlier
Companion Animal Dentistry of Kansas City
Dr. William Gengler
Dr. Paul Hobson
Dr. Stephen Juriga
Dr. Kenneth Lee
Dr. Milinda Lommer
Dr. Katherine Queck
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Dr. Gonzalo Erdozain
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