Frank J.M. Verstraete, DrMedVet, BVSc(Hons), MMedVet, Dipl AVDC, Dipl ECVS, Dipl EVDC, is board-certified in veterinary dentistry and surgery. He is professor of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, and Chief of the Dentistry and Oral Surgery Service at the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at UCD. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Orofacial Sciences, Division of Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology, at the School of Dentistry of the University of California, San Francisco.