Oral Medicine - Local and Systemic Implications for the General Dental Practitioner and Oral Healthcare Team (SW-25-02-28-01)

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SubjectOral medicine
DescriptionProfessor StJohn Crean is returning to the South West to take us through the presentation of oral disease and highlighting the signs of systemic disease that may present in the oro-facial region. StJohn Crean is an engaging speaker who explains the processes, such as immunology behind oral signs and symptoms. He will cover oral cancer screening and commonly occurring oral medicine problems that we are likely to come across in our daily practice.
Additional information

Professor StJohn Crean BDS MBBS FDSRCS FFGDP(UK) FRCS FRCS(OMFS) PHD has a vast amount of experience and knowledge own this field as a Consultant in Oral and and Maxillofacial Surgery as well as being involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education, most recently as Executive Dean of Faculty of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences at University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). We are very fortunate he has agreed to come to speak to us on oral medicine, one of the GDC core topics.

Although this course is open to all it is likely to revisit immunology and biochemistry in explaining oral medicine in a relaxed atmosphere.

Registration is from 9.00 am and the course will start at 9.15.am

If there are particular oral medicine related topics you would like to hear more about please email them to samantha.braddock2@nhs.net

VenueSt Austell Conference Centre, St Austell - Cornwall  View details
Date & timeFriday 7 March 2025, 09:00 to 16:30
LecturerProfessor StJohn Crean  View details
Target audience

Recommended: Recommended to all

Development outcomeC
Course styleLecture
Catering Meal
Core topicCore topics
CPD hours5:30
Cost£90.00
Aims

· Provide an overview of oral cavity in terms of presentation of diseases both oral and systemic

· To suggest the oral examinations play a wider role in general health assessment

Objectives

By the end of this course participants should be able to:

  • Describe the normal oral gross and histological features of relevance to the functionality of the oral cavity
  • Recognise the common oral medicine conditions
  • Explain the long term outcomes and management options of common oral medicine conditions
  • Recognise  the challenge of oral cancer screening in primary care
  • Link the complexity of the 21st century complex synthetic world and the response of the immune system within the oral cavity
  • Assess systemic disease signs presenting in the oro/facial region allowing risk assessment of their significance
Learning outcomes

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

 

  •  identify normal and abnormal oral cavity anatomy, signs and symptoms
  •  ensure each dental patient is alerted to the risk factors for oral cancer and to be able to safely screen for early features