FREE The WHO mouth cancer screening (MKWEB180225)

This webinar is suitable for all the Dental Team and will be delivered via MS Teams platform and an email with joining instructions will be sent the night  before the course starts. Please log in early to check your IT supports MS Teams and check that your microphone is off but your camera is on (you can upload a background of your choice for privacy) signing in using your Deanery registered name helps us to confirm your attendance.

Please feel free to send me any questions you have before the webinar to pass onto Elaine, or alternative you may put any questions on the day in the chat.

Elaine qualified as a Dental Hygienist in the Royal Air Force where she served for 25 years as a clinician and finally as the Officer Commanding the Tri-Service School of Dental Hygienist Training. Her work with TePe involved designing and delivering a range of educational materials for the profession and the general public. A passionate supporter of health promotion for all, Elaine is a Fellow of the BSDN, an Editorial Board Member of the BSDHT’s Dental Health Journal and the FGDP’s Primary Dental Care. Her interest in smoking cessation and mouth cancer has led to her appointment to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) as an expert advisor.

Recommended to all

Aim

Present the WHO recommended, seven-point intraoral and five-point extra oral cancer screening examinations.

Know the regions to be examined

Discussing and be able to carry out intraoral and extra oral  screening

To gain the understanding from the patients point of view 

Learning Outcomes

Understand the rationale for the regions to be examined

List both the intraoral and extra oral sites to be included in the screening

Be aware of the patient perception of the screening and how to improve upon your examination technique to improve the patient experience.