Dr Estella Böhmer, DVM, Dr. med. vet. is Senior Physician at the Clinic of Small Animal Surgery and Reproduction, Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany, and head of the department for small mammal surgery.  She is an official consultant on small mammals for the Veterinary Information Network.  She also lectures on small mammal dentistry seminars in Germany.