Oral Medicine in General Dental Practice (SW17-11-25-1)
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Subject | Oral medicine | ||||||
Description | November 2017 is Mouth Cancer Action Month and this course provides a sound knowledge base for the understanding of disease processes, particularly with regard to oral mucosal lesions and oral cancer that we come across in everyday general practice. Diagnosis, treatment and when to refer will be extensively presented and discussed during this interactive and informative course. | ||||||
Venue | Oak Suite, Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro - Cornwall View details | ||||||
Date & time | Saturday 25 November 2017, 09:15 to 17:00 | ||||||
Lecturer | Dr Konrad Staines View details | ||||||
Target audience | Recommended: Dentist, or Hygienist, or Hygienists/Therapists | ||||||
Development outcome | No development outcome | ||||||
Course style | Interactive Workshop | ||||||
Catering | Meal | ||||||
Core topic | Not a core topic | ||||||
CPD hours | 6:00 | ||||||
Cost | £90.00 | ||||||
Aims | To provide an overview of the mucosal lesions that require an onward referral for specialist assessment and to discuss how to identify and diagnose malignant lesions and oral cancer that clinicians may come across in everyday dental practice. | ||||||
Objectives | By the end of the course the participants should have: 1. An overview of the range of oral mucosal lesions that may present in general dental practice; 2. An awareness of the clinical presentation of oral potentially malignant lesions and oral cancer; 3. An awareness of the diagnostic approach to oral mucosal lesions in specialist oral medicine practice. | ||||||
Learning outcomes | The participants should be able to recognise the mucosal lesions that require an onward referral for specialist assessment and should be able to identify and diagnose malignant lesions and oral cancer that may come across in everyday clinical practice. | ||||||