An Update on Conditions Affecting the Jaw

Wednesday, January 16, 2008
9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
CE hours: 3
tuition: $175
course: J-0116A
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The maxilla and mandible are targets for a variety of conditions, including odontogenic and other local problems, systemic diseases, primary and metastastic malignancies and the adverse effects of radiation and drug therapies.

After a brief review of bone physiology and the normal process of bone renewal, this lecture will include:
  • an update on bisphosphonate related osteonecrosis, including a new protocol for patients who require dental treatment and are using oral bisphosphonates
  • a discussion of osteomyelitis and a review of actual cases stemming from simple extractions and implant placement
  • a review of osteoradionecrosis and the role of the dentist in the prevention and management of this condition in head and neck cancer patients
  • a review of other bone diseases of interest to the practicing dentist, including malignancies, renal osteodystrophy, osteopetrosis and Paget's

RESULTS: This course is a good overview of conditions affecting the jaw, which will allow participants to have a scientific basis when treatment planning these patients.

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Hillel Ephros, D.M.D., M.D. Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He is Professor, Program Director and Chairman of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education and Chairman of the Department of Dentistry at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, NJ. He holds adjunct faculty positions at Columbia University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He has published in the scientific literature and authored textbook chapters. Dr. Ephros serves as a member of the oral cancer workgroup of the New Jersey Task Force on the prevention and control of cancer, and is currently Chairman of the Oral Cancer Consortium.