Oral Cancer & Oral Disease (VT031209S)

Recommended to all

1. Take an accurate drug history including current / self-medication, and enquire, recognise the significance of and manage any history regarding allergic reactions. Diagnose and treat localised odontogentic infections and post-operative surgical complications with the appropriate therapeutic agents, and diagnose and refer major odontogenic infections with the appropriate degree of urgency. Understand and assist in the investigation, diagnosis and effective management of oral mucosal disease. Understand the pathology of neoplastic and non-neoplastic disease of the head & neck. Recognise disorders in patients with craniofacial pain that require specialised management, and to refer such conditions appropriately. Recognise and anticipate the potential drug interactions that may occur between medications prescribed by the patient’s doctor and those used in dental practice. Assess the influence of systemic diseases and other disabilities (and associated treatment) on oral health and the delivery of dental treatment. The clinical features associated with oral mucosal diseases, and identify conditions which may require treatment or onward referral.