USA Dental Notation Expert
The Breed Advisory Committee would
like to introduce Dr. Frank Verstraete as the USA Dental Notation
Program Advisor.
Dr. Frank J.M. Verstraete
DrMedVet, BVSc(Hons),
MMedVet
Diplomate, American Veterinary Dental College
Diplomate, European College of Veterinary Surgeons
Diplomate, European Veterinary Dental College
Professor & Service Chief,
Dentistry & Oral Surgery
Background
Frank Verstraete graduated as a veterinarian at the University of Gent
(Belgium) in 1980. He pursued his graduate studies at the University
of Pretoria (South Africa) where he completed a residency in small
animal surgery and became board-certified in surgery in 1985. At
Pretoria University he joined the faculty, started a Dental Clinic in
1982, and in 1988 he was appointed Associate Professor of Surgery and
Head of the Small Animal Surgery Section.
Since the end of 1994, Dr. Verstraete has been affiliated with the
University of California at Davis, where he currently is Professor and
Chief of the Dentistry & Oral Surgery Service. He is also an Adjunct
Assistant Professor in the Department of Stomatology, Division of Oral
Medicine, Pathology and Radiology, at the School of Dentistry of the
University of California, San Francisco.
