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ONLINE WEBINAR

What to expect 

Early diagnosis can make a significant difference to outcomes for people affected by mouth cancer. Join this interactive webinar to enhance your understanding of the warning signs, risk factors, and referral pathways that can help ensure patients receive timely care.

Hear from experts Pawan Randev, Jaymit Patel, Martyn Cobourne, Bhavin Visavadia, and Neil Shah as they explore the challenges that can lead to delayed diagnosis, the importance of multidisciplinary support, and the pathway from referral to treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term survivorship.

Learning objectives

  • How to recognise suspicious changes in the mouth

  • Review key risk factors for mouth cancer

  • Discuss when and how to refer patients and what happens after referral

  • Explore barriers to earlier diagnosis and the role of dental and primary care teams

  • Review treatment options, rehabilitation and survivorship.

Development outcomes 

A, B and C

Meet the speaker

Martyn CobourneMartyn CobourneDean, Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England
Jaymit PatelConsultant in Restorative Dentistry
Pawan RandevGP and Primary Care Clinical Lead
Neil ShahFaculty of Dental Surgery Board member and Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Bhavin VisavadiaPresident, British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons


Additional oral cancer resources

  • Together with Cancer Research UK, we have produced an oral cancer toolkit to improve the ability of health professionals to prevent and detect head and neck cancers.

  • You might also be interested in the BDJ collection on head and neck cancer, which brings together articles on various different head and neck cancers, from causes, pathology and detection to restoration and management.

In partnership with CRUK

The oral cancer toolkit

The oral cancer toolkit helps dental health professionals identify and refer possible cases of oral cancer. It includes information on the signs to look out for, how to respond, possible risk factors, and a CPD quiz with three hours of verifiable CPD.

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