Category 1 CE
With Dr. David Clark, BSc., DDS, MSc (Oral Pathology), FRCDC
Dr. David Clark is the former Staff Dentist at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, Whitby, Ontario. He is an Instructor in Dentistry, University of Toronto - Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Diagnosis and a part-time clinical instructor (Dental Hygiene) at Durham College, Oshawa and at George Brown College, Toronto.
He obtained his DDS in1976 and MSc.(Oral Pathology) in 1986. Dr. Clark is a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. Memberships include the Pierre Fauchard Academy, Academy of Dentistry International. Dr. Clark was the recipient of the 2016 ODA Award of Merit.
His hospital-based dental practice was devoted to the dental care of individuals undergoing care for various forms of psychiatric illness often in association with other medical comorbidities.
Clinical Oral Pathology Review
Course Outline:
This presentation is designed to provide the dental practitioner with a comprehensive review of what could be considered some of the more common clinical oral lesions encountered in daily practice. Emphasis will focus on the clinical features of such lesions and appropriate management strategies where applicable. Relevant and current information concerning the so-called “high risk” lesions will also be discussed including the expanding role of HPV involvement in the development of oropharyngeal carcinoma.
Course Objectives:
• To review some of the more common clinical lesions (e.g. traumatic ulcer, pyogenic granuloma, frictional keratosis) of the oral cavity that could be encountered by the dental practitioner in daily practice.
• To emphasize both the technique and importance of a thorough head and neck examination including performing a thorough intraoral hard and soft tissue examination.
• To review the various adjunctive diagnostic aids that have been marketed re: oral cancer detection and to fully understand their actual usefulness in general clinical practice.
• To understand the meaning and importance of a differential diagnosis in helping to differentiate the benign from the more serious lesions that may present in the oral cavity.
