Dr. Don DeForge Silver Sands Veterinary

Oral Pain In Companion Animals Finding Help-Restoring a Quality of Life Conquering Toothaches and Gum Disease Don DeForge, VMD-Animal Doc AM Multi-Media “It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's pain.”  ―  Pat Barker In the last twenty years, modern veterinary dentistry in companion animals has grown from being a "new baby" in the 90's to an actuality with an identity mirroring human oral care in 2012.   Veterinary dentists are available in most communities.  Please view the Internet for the designation of Fellow of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry and Diplomate of the American Veterinary Dental College.  These sites will in detail explain the differences between a Fellow and a Diplomate.  It will describe their Mission Statements and the work being done by each group to provide quality and pain free lives to the companions you love by addressing their oral problems. No pet should live with a toothache or gum disease.  To ident

The Next 100 Years Veterinary Medicine of the Future In this essay, Dr. Don DeForge, Animal Doc AM Multi-Media, explores the Future Road Veterinary Medicine must take to provide and care for the Animal Kingdom   " Rest when you`re  weary . Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work." Ralph Marston -      In their feature  A 100 Year Family Tradition - Veterinary Practice News -October 2012, Marissa Heflin reviews a family that has had ties to veterinary medicine for 100 years. Dr. Jennifer Olson graduated from Cornell University in 2009.  Her great grandfather initiated the line of veterinarians in this family when he graduated from Cornell in 1909.  Four generations of graduate veterinarians from Cornell, all from this same family, have carried the "torch" of veterinary medical practice from 1909 to 2009.  It is quite an accomplishment.      Jennifer states, "My Dad has taught me to be a good veterinary by example...h