Premalignant Conditions of the Oral Cavity

Introduction to oral premalignant lesions including epidemiology.- Development, relevant anatomy and physiology of the oral cavity and mucosa.- Basic cellular and molecular biology to include the effects of carcinogens (smoking, alcohol, betel nut, HPV, chronic candida).- Pathophysiology of the transformation from normal mucosa to invasive malignancy (carcinogenesis) including dysplasia.- Leukoplakia including benign lesions.- Erythroplakia and erythroleukoplakia.-The lichenoid group of diseases including erosive and atrophic lichen planus.-Systemic diseases that are potentially pre-cancerous (iron deficiency anaemic, immunosuppression.- Clinical presentation of oral mucosal premalignant lesions (this will be a larger section), and include high and low risk lesions.- Diagnosis including biopsy techniques and other relevant investigations.- Management of premalignant disease of the oral mucosa with up to date clinical trials and adjuvant therapies. Role of surgery, laser treatments.- The future.

 

Peter Brennan MD, FRCS (Eng), FRCSI, Hon FRCS (Glasgow), FDS RCS (Eng)

Professor Peter Brennan is a Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK with an interest in head and neck oncology and reconstruction. He has a personal chair in surgery in recognition of his research and education profile, publishing over 530 papers to date as well as editing 5 major textbooks (including lead editor of the 2 volume Maxillofacial Surgery) used successfully worldwide. He is lead editor for the new Gray's Surgical Anatomy - sister to the famous Gray's Anatomy itself.

Peter is committed to teaching and education at all levels and was previous Honorary Editor of the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. In addition to reviewing for many reputed journals, he is the current editor of the Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine- one of the most well respected journals in this specialty area. Peter has research interests in oral cancer, neck anatomy, patient safety and human factors.

Tom Aldridge, BDS MFDS BM FRCS

Tom Aldridge is an Oral and Maxillofacial Consultant in Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK. He received his Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the University of Bristol in 2000 and Bachelor of Medicine from Southampton University in 2008. He completed basic surgical training and specialist training in Oral and Maxillofacial training in 2015.

Tom specialises in facial trauma, orthognathic surgery, skin surgery and dentoalveolar surgery and has a keen in Medical Education and TrainingHe has published widely across the specialty and presented nationally and internationally.