Dr. Diane Carle is a Diplomate of the American Veterinary Dental College. She received her undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College and her Veterinary Medical Degree from Tufts University. Dr. Carle completed her residency in veterinary dentistry and oral surgery at a private practice in Massachusetts. She is a member of the Foundation for Veterinary Dentistry and the American Veterinary Medical Association. 

Dr. Carle was an Assistant Adjunct Professor at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and taught the dentistry portion of the Small Animal Medicine Course for third-year students. She has published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Journal of Veterinary Dentistry. Recent publications include articles on soft tissue impaction, temporary crown preparation and diagnostic imaging in veterinary dentistry. Dr. Carle has been co-chair of the AVDC-Sponsored Dental Track at the Veterinary Dental Forum and is the chair of the Forum Review and Assessment Exam. She is also a member of the AVDC Training Support Committee. 

Dr. Carle volunteers for the Peter Emily International Veterinary Dental Foundation, an organization that provides advanced veterinary dental services to captive exotic animals, and has performed root canal treatments on several tigers and a bear. Dr. Carle enjoys writing about and teaching veterinary dentistry and when not at work, enjoys jewelry making and biking. She has two cats, Kitten and Quinn. Quinn was a rescue kitty who had surgery and two root canals to treat an unhealed jaw fracture and is now fully recovered from his surgery.