Date Milestones
Release Date
May 16, 2024
Review Date
Expiration Date
May 16, 2027
Course
Presented by
Jeff T. Blackburn
DDS, FAGD
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Course Description
Oral Diagnosis, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology
In the United States there are about 50,000 new cases of cancer in the oral cavity and oropharyngeal region each year. Approximately 10,000 of these cases result in death. Treatment methods generally consist of radiation therapy, chemotherapy and surgery. The effects of these treatments can be devastating not only during treatment but may also present the patient with severe longterm complications. Not just physically, but also mentally.
In this informative and emotional course you will learn from a 16 year cancer survivor (and dentist) the steps he used to achieve “his” best outcome as well as the best outcome for multiple cancer patients he has treated. Dr. Blackburn will navigate you through the process from the exam, diagnosis, pre-treatment, active-treatment and post-treatment phases. Long term successes and failures will also be discussed.
At the end of this course you will feel confident on how to give these patients the best dental and psychological outcome.
“The educational teaching methodology used in this course is a self-study lecture presented via pre-recorded webinar in concert with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation. Both the pre-recorded webinar and the PowerPoint presentation incorporate a variety of audio and visual cues to enhance audience members’ understanding and retention of key concepts.”
Course Objectives
At the completion of this course the participants should be able to:
- Develop a logical approach to the diagnosis of oral lesions.
- Learn to describe and develop a differential diagnosis of various clinical cases.
- Learn to treat selected oral diseases and distinguish “good from bad”.
- Understand the importance of vaccines
- Develop an understanding of various diseases: oral cancer, tumors, erythema multiform, burns, chronic ulcerative stomatitis, candidiasis, salivary gland tumors, oral complications of drug abuse, soda mouth, methotrexate toxicity, herpes zoster
