Oral and Maxillofacial Injuries – Beyond the Teeth
CE: 1.25
Description: When dentists are facing patients with injuries to the oral region it is important not only to have knowledge on how to diagnose and treat traumatic dental injuries but also be up to date on principles how patients with soft tissue injuries and bone fractures in the oral and maxillofacial region are diagnosed and managed today. The lecture will give an overview of examination and emergency management of patients presenting with bone and soft tissue injuries and present some epidemiologic data on the relation of oral injuries to body injuries and consequences for the society.
At the conclusion, participants should be able to:
- Describe the epidemiology and consequences of oral injuries in relation to body injuries.
- Examine, diagnose and have understanding how bone and soft tissue injuries are treated today.
- Discuss how to avoid and manage some complications with patients.
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Lars Andersson, DDS, PhD, Dr. Odont
Dr. Andersson completed undergraduate and research training at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden and became Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1981. He defended his doctoral thesis in 1988 on experimental and clinical studies on replantation of teeth and was appointed Docent in 1990. In the 1990s he chaired a national specialist training program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and directed an international implant training program. During the period 2002-2017, he was Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Kuwait University and since 2018 at Malmö University, Sweden. His main areas of clinical and research interests are trauma, orthognathic and implant surgery and he has published more than hundred articles in international Medline indexed scientific journals. Dr. Andersson has been textbook editor of four textbooks and chapter author in several textbooks in the fields of both Trauma and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He was Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal, Dental Traumatology from 2007-2015 and President of the International Association of Dental Traumatology 2011-2014.
Lars Andersson, DDS, PhD, Dr. Odont
I declare that I have no proprietary, financial, or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service, course, and/or company, or in any firm beneficially associated therewith, that will be discussed or considered during the proposed presentation.
