Anatomy | Anesthesia and Analgesia | Dental Materials | Endodontics | Equine Dentistry | Equine Medicine | Orthodontics | Pathology | Periodontology | Radiology | Restorative Dentistry / Prosthodontics | Surgery | Veterinary Dentistry | Journals
Cohen's Pathways of the Pulp Expert Consult
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Dentistry
Advances in Equine Dentistry
Equine Dentistry and Oral Surgery. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice.
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Color Atlas of Dental Medicine: Periodontology
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Sturdevant's Art and Science of Operative Dentistry
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Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Dentistry and Oral Surgery
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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Dogs and Cats
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Anatomy | Anesthesia | Dental Materials | Embryology | Endodontics | Equine | Exotics | Orthodontics | Pathology | Periodontology | Radiology | Restorative Dentistry / Prosthodontics | Surgery | Small Animal Dentistry | Journals
Oral Structural Biology: Embryology, structure, and function of normal hard and soft tissues of the oral cavity and temporomandibular joints
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Essentials of Oral Histology and Embryology
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Cohen's Pathways of the Pulp Expert Consult
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Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents
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Oral Pathology: Clinical Pathologic Correlations
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Veterinary Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
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Periodontology
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Sturdevant's Art and Science of Operative Dentistry
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Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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Veterinary Surgery: Small Animal Expert Consult
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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Dogs and Cats
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Veterinary Dental Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner
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BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Dentistry and Oral Surgery
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Self-Assessment Color Review of Veterinary Dentistry
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Please Note: For the 2025 Phase 1 examination, questions will be created from literature that is IN PRINT prior to October 1, 2024. Literature that is an "epub ahead of print" or "early view article" will not be included unless they can be found IN PRINT prior to October 1, 2024.
This guide contains the list of books and journals recommended as study materials for the American Veterinary Dental College (AVDC) examination.
Residents are responsible for ensuring they are using the correct edition of a book for their exam.
Please ask your librarian, mentor, or specialty board examination committee if questions arise.
From the AVDC Suggested Reading List:
"The following list is provided as suggested reading material. It is not all inclusive of every potential reference and publication, because the body of scientific literature is fluid and always changing. No attempt is made to restrict examination questions to the material in these references. The examination reflects the current state of knowledge in veterinary dentistry rather than material from a particular group of references. Much of veterinary dental knowledge has been derived from human dentistry. This is reflected in the suggested reading list and will also be reflected in the examination itself."
Source: AVDC Examination Information for Candidates
This resource updated: 07/10/2025
Source reading list reviewed: 07/10/2025
Source reading list updated by specialty board: 2/7/2025
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