Subject expert:

Professor. S. Warnakulasariya (Department of Oral Medicine & Pathology, GKT Dental Institute).
Professor Warnakulasariya has acted as a temporary consultant to the World Health Organization in monitoring research programmes in primary care dealing with cancer screening. Both he and Professor Johnson have over 100 original publications in refereed journals, books and manuals dealing with oral cancer and pre-cancer and are often quoted on the subject of oral screening. Together they have conducted over 20 GDP training sessions (under Section 63) during 1993-99 in this particular field in South East England.

Specialist adviser:

Professor N.W. Johnson (Department of Oral Medicine & Pathology, GKT Dental Institute)
Professor Johnson is Director and Dr Warnakulasariya is Deputy Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Oral Cancer and Pre-cancer. Professor Johnson is leader of the FDI World Dental Federation project on oral cancer, which is regularly producing both professional and public educational material for the prevention and early detection of oral cancer.

Both Professor Johnson and Dr Warnakulasariya have over thirty years of experience in academic and research activities related to oral cancer and pre-cancer. They have conducted and monitored programmes on screening for oral cancer and are well known both nationally and internationally in the field. Professor Johnson represents the British Dental Association on the European Working Group on Tobacco and Oral Health. With the British Dental Association he has completed evaluating the current knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of UK dentists on tobacco and oral and general health.

Program design and production:

Dr APS Gould BSc. BDS LDSRCS AKC.

Back to top

Aims

• Highlight the unique role that the general dental practitioner can perform in screening patients for oral cancer
• Highlight the importance that early detection brings to the prognosis for the patient
• Identify the correct screening procedure
• Inform regarding the aetiology of oral cancer, the risk factors, signs, symptoms and differential diagnosis
• Provide an up-to-date reference and self-assessment resource for use within the practice or for private study.

Objectives

Upon completion of the program the practitioner should be

• aware of the importance of routine screening for oral cancer and the unique role that he or she can play
• able to identify patients at particular risk
• confident in using the correct screening procedure
• able to identify suspect lesions · aware of the correct referral procedure
• able to comprehend the outcome following referral to a specialist.

The program contains four modules:

Reference
Case studies
Self assessment
Links and program information

Reference module- main section titles

• Introduction
• The problem
• What causes oral cancer?
• How do we recognize and treat oral cancer?
• Diagnosing oral cancer
• Practical prevention
• Screening for oral cancer and potentially malignant lesions
• Tertiary prevention
• Advances in the basic science of oncology
• References

Case studies.

There are four interactive case studies in which you follow a patient through from presentation to follow up, and two videos. Once demonstrates a simple thorough screening technique on a patient referred by her dental practitioner, and the other a simple biopsy.

Back to top

You will require:

• A standard IBM compatible PC system with a CD-ROM and sound card
• Windows 9x, NT4, 2000 and XP operating systems.
• 640 x 480 display resolution in True or High Colour (24 or 16 bit).

NB:

• The program may be installed entirely on the hard disk, partly on the hard disk leaving the media on the CD-ROM, or operated entirely from the CD-ROM.
• If no sound card is installed the narration and video are disabled.
• For smooth playback of video, a Pentium processor with MMX facilities and an 8x CD-ROM drive are required. Please note that PC specifications vary, and this is only a guide.

NHS dentists in England:

If you work within the National Health Service in the England may order a copy free of charge from your local postgraduate deanery (select the link for a list of deaneries and and respective email links to order a copy now).

NB: This version is valid for general CPD only. If you wish it to count for 6 hours of verifiable CPD and therefore be valid for CPD Allowance payments you may upgrade to the verifiable version when registering. This costs £59.99 including VAT.

NHS dentists in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales:

If you work within the National Health Service in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales please contact Mr Simon Best to order a copy (tel: 020 7692 3149, email sbest@londondeanery.ac.uk.).

NB: This version is valid for general CPD only. If you wish it to count for 6 hours of verifiable CPD and therefore be valid for CPD Allowance payments you may upgrade to the verifiable version when registering. This costs £59.99 including VAT.

UK private & Overseas practitioners:

If you do not work within the NHS i.e. work exclusively in private practice in the UK or practise dentistry outside the United Kingdom, you may purchase the verifiable CPD version for £51.06 excluding VAT and delivery (no VAT on international orders) directly from us:

The Dental Channel Limited
FREEPOST LON15979
London SE22 9BR

Tel: +44 (0)845 644 6842
Fax: +44 (0)870 360 9742

Online Here

email: oral.ca@dental-channel.co.uk

Payment is accepted by Mastercard, VISA, Switch, cheque, or bankers order. If ordering by credit card, please specify your card number and expiry date. If paying by Switch please also specify the issue number.

Back to top