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The Dental Hygienist & Oral Cancer Diagnosis: What’s My Role

April 26, 2023 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Central
Speakers:  Nathaniel S. Treister, DMD, DMSc; Nancy W. Burkhart, Ed.D, M.Ed., BS, RDH, AAFAAOM; Jaisri R. Thoppay, DDS, MBA, MS

Free to all attendees through a partnership with the American Academy of Oral Medicine. 

Dental hygienists perform comprehensive oral cavity examinations and are therefore in a critically important position to be able to detect oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs). This webinar will provide an overview of the clinical features of OSCC and OPMDs, best practices for examining the oral cavity and identifying potentially concerning features, and how to refer patients with suspicious/concerning oral lesions for further evaluation and diagnosis.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Be familiar with the phenotypic/clinical characteristics of OSCC and OPMDs.
  • Understand how comprehensive oral examination can assist in early detection of OSCC and OPMDs.
  • Recognize the importance of establishing efficient and effective referral pathways.


Speakers: Dr. Nathaniel S. Treister is Chief of the Division of Oral Medicine and Dentistry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Clinical Director of Oral Medicine and Oral Oncology at the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center in Boston, MA. Dr. Treister earned his DMD from the Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and completed his Oral Medicine and Oral Biology training at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, where he is an Assoc. Prof. of Oral Medicine in the Dept. of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity. He is board certified in Oral Medicine and practices at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Boston Children’s Hospital with special interest in oral mucosal diseases, salivary gland diseases, orofacial pain disorders, and oral complications in cancer patients. He has published extensively in the field of oral medicine with an emphasis on oral complications of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation and oral graft-versus-host disease.  Dr. Nancy W. Burkhart is an adjunct professor at Texas A&M College of Dentistry in the Department of Periodontics/Stomatology and is founder and host of the International Oral Lichen Planus Support Group though the university since 1997.  She earned an Education Doctorate from North Carolina State University, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in the section of oral pathology at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She received a master’s degree in Occupational Health Education from North Carolina State University and BS degree in Dental Hygiene from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is the co-author of General and Oral Pathology for the Dental Hygienist now in its third edition. She was the author of the Oral Medicine columns for RDH Magazine from 2007-2021 and a member of the AAOM since 1997. Dr. Jaisri Thoppay is the President at the Center for Integrative Oral Health Inc, an Affiliate with Advent Health Orlando, Florida and President and Co-founder of Nenotics LLC [Healthcare and Business consulting]. Dr. Thoppay obtained her dental degree, MBA from India, and Master of Oral Biology from Augusta University, Augusta, GA, and is currently pursuing Health Administration degree at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Thoppay has a full-time private practice dedicated to Oral Medicine, Orofacial pain and management of medically complex patients, Geriatric oral healthcare. She serves as Oral Medicine Section Associate Editor of Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol journal. Apart from her clinical and research projects, she volunteers as a test constructor for the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations. She also currently serves as Secretary for American Academy of Oral Medicine.

1.5 LIVE/Interactive CE offered for those in attendance. Certificates will be available under the "Completed" tab in your CE Smart Learning Center immediately following the event. 

For those that cannot attend live, the recording will be automatically available in your CE Smart Learning Center within 24 hours post-event. 1.5 CE can be earned after successful completion of a post-test.  
 
When
4/26/2023 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

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