High Wycombe and Aylesbury Section - Head and neck cancer update for the general dental practitioner

What to expect

Early diagnosis can have a significant impact on outcomes for patients with oral cancer. In this lecture, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Khemanand Maharaj will explore current trends in head and neck cancer, the role of the primary care dental practitioner in early detection, and the latest developments in the management of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers.

Following the lecture, you are invited to continue discussions and network with colleagues over a finger buffet.

Timings

18:30  Registration with tea and coffee

19:00  Lecture - Khemanand Maharaj

20:30  Finger buffet with tea and coffee

22:00  Ends

Learning objectives

• Current trends for head and neck cancer in the United Kingdom

• Role of the dental practitioner as a primary care provider

• Identify benign, premalignant and malignant lesions in the oral cavity

• Current management of patients with oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer

• Advances in treatment for oral cavity cancer: what the future holds.

Development outcomes

C and D

Meet the speaker

Khemanand Maharaj is an Oral and Maxillofacial / Head and Neck and Reconstructive surgeon at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital.

Mr Maharaj trained in the East of England Deanery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Programme over five years, completing his Fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (FRCSEd OMFS).

He has a Sub-Specialty interest in Head and Neck Oncology with Facial Reconstruction and all other aspects of Maxillofacial Surgery.