Dental work, dental prophylaxis and dental cleaning all make sense grammatically. Dental is an adjective that means of or relating to the teeth. Used by itself, it has no meaning, but the term dental has evolved to become a professionally embarrassingmoniker placed on a multifaceted procedure commonly performed in veterinary hospitals for patients with oral disease. The proper and accepted description is now comprehensive oral health assessment and treatment, abbreviated COHAT. This term, discussedin a stepwise fashion below, accurately describes the multistep process from admission to discharge for a patient that is presented for evaluation of plaque, gingivitis, calculus, periodontal disease or other oral disease.
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