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IN-PERSON EVENT, hosted by Cambridge Section

What to expect

Cancer patients often receive treatments that represent the cutting-edge of biomedical research and,
in time, may offer the most effective means to treat a variety of medical illnesses and conditions that
presently have no other treatments available. These treatments can be unfamiliar to dental teams.

The aim of the lecture is to understand the impact on dentition and dental management of patients on
long term medication for cancer management including maintenance chemo, immunotherapy,
biologics and IV bisphosphonates.

Timings

18:00 Registration and exhibition

18:30 Buffet and networking

19:15 Lecture 

21:00 End

Learning objectives

  • Discuss the long-term impact of cancer treatment including radiotherapy, biologics,
    chemotherapy, bisphosphonates, immunotherapy and other adjunctive treatments on the
    patient and dentition.
  • Provide guidelines concerning the best practice for management of patients on polypharmacy
  • Describe how to avoid providing dental treatment that causes adverse reactions with long
    term cancer treatments.

Development outcomes

B, C, D

Meet the speaker

Prem Nair Specialist Oral Surgeon

Prem Nair is a highly experienced Specialist Oral Surgeon with over 30 years in the field. He is a
GDC-registered specialist currently working at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, and the
Oral Surgery Service for Cambridgeshire Community Dental Services.
Alongside his clinical work, Prem is passionate about education and training. He runs courses at
Cambridge University Hospitals and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals, and delivers national
and international courses in Oral Surgery, Conscious Sedation, and Advanced Implantology. He
works closely with Workforce Training and Education England.
Prem had served as an Assessor for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and is currently an
Examiner for their MFDS examinations. He is also the Chair of the Oral Surgery Managed Clinical
Network for NHS England in East Anglia and leads the Sedation Steering Group for the East of
England, helping to shape regional clinical services.

More information

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Hilton Cambridge City Centre, 20 Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DT 

The nearest car park is the Grand Arcade car park - Evening and overnight tariff  £1.50 per hour. The evening and overnight tariff applies every day from 6pm until the start of the next daytime tariff. For more information please visit: Grand Arcade car park - Cambridge City Council

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