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Frank J M Verstraete

Frank J M Verstraete

Professor Emeritus

Surgical & Radiological Sciences

Office
1114A Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616

Licenses
Fellow Academy of Veterinary Dentistry
Diplomate American Veterinary Dental College
Diplomate European College of Veterinary Surgeons
Charter Diplomate European Veterinary Dental College
Founding Certificate Holder AVDC Zoo and Wildlife Dentistry
Founding Fellow AVDC Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Education
1980, DrMedVet, University of Gent, Belgium
1980, Tropical Institute, Antwerp Belgium
1984, BVSc (Hons), University of Pretoria, South Africa
1985, MMedVet (Chir), University of Pretoria, South Africa
1995, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Honors and Awards
1980 Upjohn Award for best DrMedVet thesis
1999-2000 Faculty Development Award, University of California, Davis
2002 Pharmacia European Veterinary Dentistry Award (Organization: Pharmacia European Veterinary Dentistry; Reason for receipt: for publication: For best research publication of the year: Kuntsi-Vaattovaara H, Verstraete FJM, Kass PH. 2002 Success rate of root canal treatment in dogs: 127 cases (1995-2000). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 220: 775-780; Professional Significance: Excellence in research recognition)
2003 AVDC Service Award - Dr. Peter Emily Award (Organization: American Veterinary Dental College; Reason for receipt: This award is presented annually to an outstanding Diplomate of the College for contributions in the service of the AVDC and also to further the field of veterinary dentistry. Those contributions may include academic efforts, scientific presentations, research endeavors, book chapters and books, other publications, involvement in organized veterinary dentistry and the veterinary medical community, civic involvement, and the general promotion of veterinary dentistry; Professional Significance: see reason for receipt)
2004 AVD Award (Organization: Veterinary Dental Forum, Fort Worth, TX; Reason for receipt: Diagnostic imaging of dental disease in rabbits; Professional Significance: Research award for project “Diagnostic imaging of dental disease in rabbits”)
2014 OneWorld OneUCDavis Phenomenal Faculty banner (Organization: UC Davis; Reason for receipt: https://stories.ucdavis.edu/stories/faculty/arzi-verstraete.html; Professional Significance: see reason for receipt)
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2021 Verstraete FJM: Foreword, Emily PP, Eisner ER, (ed), Zoo and Wild Animal Dentistry, Hoboken. xiii.
2020 Lommer MJ, Verstraete FJM: Chapter 14: Simple Extraction of Single-Rooted Teeth, Verstraete FJM, Lommer MJ, Arzi B, (ed), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Dogs and Cats, (2nd edn), St. Louis, Missouri. 136-141.
2020 Tsugawa AJ, Verstraete FJM: Chapter 8: Suture Materials and Biomaterials, Verstraete FJM, Lommer MJ, Arzi B, (ed), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Dogs and Cats, (2nd edn), St. Louis, Missouri. 79-91.
2020 Kan-Rohrer KH, Terpak CH, Verstraete FJM: Chapter 7: Instrumentation, patient positioning and aseptic technique, Verstraete FJM, Lommer MJ, Arzi B, (ed), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Dogs and Cats, (2nd edn), St. Louis, Missouri. 65-78.
2020 Cissell DD, Hatcher D, Arzi B, Verstraete FJM: Chapter 6: Diagnostic Imaging in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Verstraete FJM, Lommer MJ, Arzi B, (ed), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Dogs and Cats, (2nd edn), St. Louis, Missouri. 56-64.
Research Focus
Comparative odontology, oral pathology, oral surgery and oral diagnostic imaging
Specialty Focus
Veterinary dentistry and oral surgery, including major maxillofacial surgery
Ten Recent Publications

2021
McKay RM,Vapniarsky N, Hatcher D, Carr N, Chen S, Verstraete FJM, Cissell DD, Arzi B
The diagnostic yield of cone-beam computed tomography for degenerative changes of the temporomandibular joint in dogs

2021
Sharma S, Boston SE, Skinner OT, Perry JA, Verstraete FJM, Lee DB, van Stee LLL, Thomson C, Boylan M, McKee T, Bergman PJ
Survival time of juvenile dogs with oral squamous cell carcinoma treated with surgery alone: A Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology retrospective study

2021
Rickert SS, Kass PH, Verstraete FJM
Temporomandibular joint pathology of wild carnivores in the western USA

2020
Lee DB, Verstraete FJM, Arzi B
An update on feline chronic gingivostomatitis

2020
Aghashani A, Verstraete FJM, Arzi B
Temporomandibular joint gap arthroplasty in cats

2020
De Paolo MH, Arzi B, Pollard RE, Kass PH, Verstraete FJM^
Craniomaxillofacial trauma in dogs — part II: association between fracture location, morphology and etiology

2020
De Paolo MH, Arzi B, Pollard RE, Kass PH, Verstraete FJM^
Craniomaxillofacial trauma in dogs — part I: fracture location, morphology and etiology

2020
Zavodovskaya R, Vapniarsky N, Garcia T, Verstraete FJM, Hatcher DC, Arzi B
Intra- and extra-articular features of temporomandibular joint ankylosis in the cat (Felis catus)

2019
Arzi B, Verstraete FJM, Garcia TC, Lee M, Kim SE, Stover SM
Kinematic analysis of mandibular motion before and after mandibulectomy and mandibular reconstruction in dogs.

2019
Heney CM, Arzi B, Kass PH, Hatcher DC, Verstraete FJM
The diagnostic yield of dental radiography and cone-beam computed tomography for the identification of dentoalveolar lesions in cats