The Discharge Appointment & Home Dental Care

The discharge appointment is a crucial — yet often overlooked — step in the veterinary dental process. This course will walk you through the importance of properly educating clients at discharge, the tools and techniques for recommending home dental care, and how to tailor plans based on client and patient needs. You’ll learn how to review dental findings, guide clients on at-home care, and make evidence-based product recommendations that promote compliance and long-term oral health. Perfect for veterinary technicians and anyone involved in client education, this course helps bridge the gap between clinic care and continued home care success.

🔍 Understand the Role of the Discharge Appointment

Learn why this visit matters and how to use it to reinforce treatment value, review findings, and support client compliance.

🪥 Effectively Recommend Home Dental Care

Gain tools to assess client readiness and deliver tailored, practical guidance on brushing, diets, chews, and more.

📦 Evaluate and Recommend Dental Products with Confidence

Explore the science behind label claims and learn how to choose VOHC-approved products supported by evidence.

Earn one hour of RACE-Approved CE

This course is approved for one hour of RACE-Approved CE by AAVSB for veterinarians and veterinary technicians.

Meet Your Instructor: Mary Berg, RVT, VTS (Dentistry)

Mary is a charter member of the Academy of Veterinary Dental Technicians, with a specialty in dentistry since 2006. She has over 31 years in research, focusing on companion animal oral health, and seven years as a dental technician specialist in general practice. Currently, Mary is the president of Beyond the Crown Veterinary Education and has dedicated over 15 years to teaching veterinary dentistry. Recognized as NAVTA Veterinary Technician of the Year in 2020 and honored with the AVDT’s Excellence in Dentistry Education in 2019, Mary is a renowned speaker and author, contributing to numerous conferences, publications, and textbooks, including her own in 2020.