HANDS-ON Minor Oral Surgery - apicectomy UR1 and surgical extraction LR8 (PO010313)

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DescriptionThis HANDS-ON course will cover aspects of minor oral surgery relevant to the GDP including:
Additional information• Overview of minor oral surgery in general dental practice
• Management of the medically compromised patient needing minor oral surgery
• Effective local anaesthesia including infiltration practice on models
• Simulated apicectomy of the upper right central incisor tooth on models
• Simulated surgical extraction of the lower right third molar tooth on models
• Hands-on training in flap design, bone removal and suturing on models
• Case selection.

Oral surgery practices will be performed on Oral Surgery Jaw Models in the well equipped Phantom Head facility at the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy. The course is run in an informal setting where questions and debate are actively encouraged. Delegates are encouraged to bring radiographs of MOS referrals that ‘haven’t met the criteria for referral to secondary care’ and/or cases they would like to discuss with our speakers. Please ensure that all patient data is anonymised.

This essential course is for General Dental Practitioners who want to acquire new clinical skills and gain confidence in the delivery of high quality dentistry.

Mrs Latha Davda BDS (Bangalore) MDS (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery India) FDS RCS (Eng) M Surg Dent RCS (Edin) MSc in Dental Implantology (Warwick) FHEA, GDC 81473 graduated in 1989 from Bangalore, India, after which she did her Masters in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. She came to the UK on a prestigious T.C. White Scholarship, awarded by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow.

Latha has been involved in the teaching of oral surgery to dental undergraduates for many years, both in the UK and India, and has worked in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Departments throughout the UK. She was a Clinical Teacher in Oral Surgery at the Royal London Dental Hospital, is currently teaching part-time at the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy and is an examiner for the LDS RCS (Eng) examinations. She owns a dental practice in Eastleigh, Hampshire, with her husband Sanjay and practices all aspects of dentistry with a special interest in surgical dentistry, sedation and dental implants. Latha is also an accomplished amateur artist and speaks Hindi, Kannada, Konkani and Gujarati in addition to English.

Mr Sanjay Davda DDS (Dar es Salaam) FDS RCS (Eng), GDC 81635, graduated in 1989 from the University of Dar es Salaam and has worked in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Departments throughout the UK since 1990. He is currently a Clinical Teacher in Oral Surgery at King’s College London Dental Institute and has a particular interest in aesthetic dentistry, implants, oral surgery and conscious sedation, accepting referrals from other dental practitioners for treatment under conscious sedation. Sanjay holds Certificates in Conscious Sedation (BUOLD) and Implant Dentistry. He is fluent in 2 Indian languages and Swahili and conducts Free Dental Camps annually in villages in Southern India.
VenueDental Academy, Portsmouth  View details
Date & timeFriday 1 March 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
LecturerMigration  View details
Target audience

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Development outcomeNo development outcome
Course styleHands-on
Core topicNo core topic
CPD hours6:00
Cost£99.00
Aims
  1. To describe the range of minor oral surgical procedures that can be safely undertaken in general dental practice
  2. To describe the management of medically compromised patients needing minor oral surgery in general dental practice
  3. To provide hands-on training in the apicectomy of an upper right central incisor tooth and the surgical extraction of the lower right third molar tooth (including instrumentation, flap design, bone removal, tooth sectioning, extraction and suturing)
  4. To provide training in effective local anaesthesia for minor oral surgery