TMD, orofacial pain and sleep apnoea – the dentist’s role

Dr Michael Stubbs

This session will address the diagnosis and management of orofacial pain, including temporomandibular disorders.

At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Conduct differential diagnoses of common and less common orofacial pain presentations
• Undertake clinical assessment for these conditions and investigative tests for these conditions
• Undertake a Sleep Disordered Breathing patient history and clinical assessment for the use of a mandibular advancement splint
• Understand the types of devices and managing treatment complications from the devices.

Oral cancer update: Overview of the aetiology, appearance and need for early detection

Professor Michael McCullough

This presentation will outline presenting features and diagnosis of oral ulcerative disease, oral infections and oral squamous cell carcinoma and potentially malignant oral mucosal changes. Clinical tools that may aid in the early recognition of these conditions and recent evidence of an aetiological role for both common oral hygiene practices and sexually transmitted diseases will be discussed.

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Appreciate the clinical appearance of oral mucosal diseases, potentially malignant diseases and oral cancer
• Understand the changing aetiology of oral cancer
• Better understand the role of clinical tools in the recognition and diagnosis of mucosal disease.

Oral mucosal disease – from lichen planus to the exotic dermatological rarity

Dr Tami Yap

This session will explore oral presentations of dermatological disease, how dentists contribute to multidisciplinary management, and how our understanding of oral cancer risk and development has advanced in the genomic age.

At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Recognise the spectrum of oral presentations of dermatological diseases
• Identify the role that dentistry plays in the management of oral dermatoses
• Identify oral cancer as a genomic disease
• Better understand genomic methodologies used in oral cancer research.