Date Milestones
Release Date
June 17, 2024
Review Date
Expiration Date
June 17, 2027
Course
Presented by
John A. Svirsky
D.D.S., M.Ed.
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Course Description
Oral Diagnosis, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology
This is the perfect review course that covers the recognition, diagnosis and treatment of the 26 soft tissue lesions that every dentist and hygienist should know and treat appropriately. A number of the entities only require recognition. The classic lesions that have been forgotten since school will be brought back to life and your diagnostic confidence will be re-energized. At the end of the course the management of xerostomia will be discussed. Dr. Svirsky makes oral pathology fun!
- 26 Soft Tissue Lesions to be discussed:
- Leukoplakia
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- Materia Alba
- Aspirin burn
- Cotton roll burn
- Candidiasis
- Linea alba
- Leukoedema
- Morsicatio baccarum (cheek chewing)
- Nicotine stomatitis
- Tobacco pouch keratosis
- Lichen Planus
- Traumatic ulceration
- Aphthous stomatitis/ulceration
- Fibroma/lipoma
- Hemangioma
- Papilloma
- Epulis fissuration/papillary hyperplasia
- Fissured tongue
- Erythema migrans/geographic tongue
- Pyogenic granuloma
- Recurrent herpes labialis (Herpes Virus Type 1)
- Mucocele
- Ranula
- Angular cheilitis
- Lingual tonsils/lymphoid aggregate
- Amalgam tattoo
- Oral melanotic macule/labial melanotic macule
- Salivary gland tumors
- Xerostomia
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:
- Differentiate oral herpes from aphthous stomatitis and apply newest treatment recommendations.
- Demonstrate a logical approach to the diagnosis of the 26 most common oral soft tissue lesions.
- Integrate therapeutic regimens used to treat selected oral diseases.
- Diagnose and apply newest treatment recommendations for erosive lichen planus and chronic ulcerative stomatitis.
- Recognize the implications of white lesions found in the oral cavity and diagnose and treat appropriately.
- Diagnose salivary gland tumors of the oral cavity and understand the treatment implication of the various tumors.
- Applying practical clinical information immediately applicable to everyday practice.
