CE0803: Guidelines for Standard of Care for Common Diseases of the Mouth

Dolphine Oda, BDS, MS

Course Description:

The appropriate management of oral diseases is as important as early recognition of these diseases. The decision to treat or monitor oral diseases should be based on applicable and reproducible criteria. The main goal of this course is to sort through and explicate criteria that can be used as a standard of care for each of the common and important oral diseases. The course is designed to specifically address the question of what standard of care should be adopted for each oral disease category, including: red and white lesions; gingival swellings, as well as swellings in other sites; pigmented lesions; generalized ulcerative lesions; and bone diseases. This course can be very helpful for general dentists, dental specialties and dental hygienists. Reasonable criteria for choosing the appropriate time to biopsy and the appropriate reason(s) to monitor will be offered. This course will offer the practitioner the tools to optimize patient care and minimize the chance of mishandling an oral disease.

Course Objectives - As a result of attending this course, the participant should be able to:

• Discuss guidelines for managing oral soft tissue and bony lesions
• Decide which lesions to biopsy and when
• Identify what lesions to observe and why and how often
• Outline the most common oral soft tissue and bony lesions
• Focus on the clinical application and management of diseases

Instructor:

DOLPHINE ODA is a Professor of Oral Pathology in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the UW School of Dentistry.  Dr. Oda's main commitments are to patient care and teaching.  She works efficiently to give patients the best service possible and students the most up-to-date and clinically applied knowledge of oral diseases.  Teaching is her passion; she has taught students of all ages - from elementary schoolers to pathology residents - with enthusiasm and zeal.  To date, she has been honored with 18 teaching awards.  Dr. Oda received her dental degree in 1975 from the University of Baghdad and graduate training in Surgical and Oral Pathology from the University of Manitoba School of Medicine and the Indiana University School of Dentistry.  She also received special training at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.  She is diplomat of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and she holds a Washington dental license.  She is also a member of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Internal Association of Oral Pathologists, and the United States-Canadian Academy of Pathology.

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