Preventing Intra-op Hypothermia with Benita Altier LVT, VTS (Dentistry)

Hypothermia can happen during any anesthesia procedure, but it seems especially common during dentistry procedures. In this episode we chat with Benita Altier LVT, VTS (Dentistry) to discuss how hypothermia happens and what steps we can take to prevent and correct it. Benita Altier is a Licensed Veterinary Technician and a Dental Technician Specialist. She began her career in veterinary technology in 1988 and has worked in small animal general medicine, ophthalmology, equine and llama neonatal care, canine reproduction, and dental specialty. Benita is the Past-President of the Academy of Veterinary Dental Technicians, President-Elect for the Arizona Veterinary Technician Association, and former Secretary of the Washington State Association of Veterinary Technicians. She has co-authored two textbooks on veterinary dentistry for technicians and published several articles in professional journals. Through her business, Pawsitive Dental Education LLC, she has provided professional dental instruction and consultation to veterinary hospitals and conferences across the US, Canada, and China since 2008. She is passionate about giving back to the profession and helping veterinary technicians grow their careers in ways they never thought possible.

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Preventing Intra-op Hypothermia with Benita Altier LVT, VTS (Dentistry) is an episode from Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds by Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds.

This episode is 00:38:22 long.

This episode was published on Mar 30, 2026.

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