Veterinary dentistry: its origin and recent history.

The practice of dental medicine has evolved into a broad based and far reaching profession. The art of dentistry exists as a unique web woven of innovative research, technological advancement, and influence from other professions, trades and disciplines. As one segment of the web is strengthened, so is the whole. We can easily identify the benefit of this type of information flow when it travels in one direction to improve our profession directly What we might neglect to notice, however, is how the individual segments of our web reciprocally benefit. One example of this type of benefit can be seen in the growth and development of veterinary dentistry 1