Live – Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 6:30 pm ET
Oral and dental diseases are commonplace in cats, imposing a responsibility on the veterinary team to provide high quality oral health care. This seminar will guide the attendee through the new 2025 FelineVMA feline oral health and dental care guidelines, including guiding caregivers to be active participants in their cats’ oral and dental healthcare through cooperative care training and spectrum of care considerations. We will review common feline oral and dental diseases and practical approaches to the awake and unconscious oral and dental examinations as well as tips and tricks for dental care and surgery under anesthesia.
Learning Objectives
After attending this webinar, participants should be able to:
- Understand the importance of the caregiver as a participant in their cat’s oral and dental health care, identifying ways to guide them in this participation and ensuring they receive a consistent supportive message from the veterinary team.
- Review the most common feline oral and dental diseases including pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment
- Evaluate oral and dental health in both the awake patient and the anesthetized patient to develop a comprehensive care and treatment plan
- Outline a planned protocol for feline dental care under anesthesia to facilitate diagnosis of specific conditions and development of targeted treatment plans.
Speaker Bios
Kelly St. Denis, DVM, DABVP (Feline)
Dr. St. Denis is board certified with the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners
in the specialty of feline practice. In her early career she trained in molecular
biology and immunology, working in the fields of diabetes and cancer research. She graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in 1999 and completed her ABVP certification in 2013 with recertification in 2023. Dr. St. Denis is co-editor of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery and JFMS Open Reports, a consultant on the Veterinary Information Network and an internationally known author and lecturer
on all things feline. She currently she works in clinical practice 2 days a week.
Heidi Lobprise, DVM, DAVDC
Dr. Lobprise is a 1983 Texas A & M graduate. She became board certified in dentistry in 1993. After 10 years in industry, she returned to dental specialty practice in 2014 and has since ‘semi-retired’ to Kerrville, Texas, taking cases at Cibolo Creek Veterinary Hospital in Boerne outside of San Antonio. She is the author/co-author of three dental texts, contributed to the AAHA and Feline VMA Oral and Dental Care Guidelines, edited one senior care text, has written many chapters and articles and has lectured internationally.
RACE Credits
This program is approved by the AAVSB to offer a total of 1.0 CE Credits (1.0 max) available to any one veterinarian, and/or 1.0 Veterinary Technician CE Credits (1.50 max). This RACE approval is for the subject matter category (s) of: Medical, using the delivery method(s) of: Interactive Distance. This approval is valid in jurisdictions that recognize AAVSB CE; however, participants are responsible for ascertaining each board’s CE requirements.