Course overview

COURSE Prerequisites

Module 2 OVERVIEW

Attendees will:

• Be provided instruction on case selection for Exodontia and Minor Oral Surgery for the General Dental Practitioner.
• Carry out several practical exercises utilising models focusing on removal of multi rooted teeth.
• Be provided updates on medical management of patients for Exodontia and Minor Oral Surgery.
• Be provided instruction on suturing and carry out practical exercises using models and animal specimens to consolidate skills in suture placement and tying.

At the completion of this course, participants may be interested in attending Oral Surgery - Module 3, and/or Oral Surgery - Module 4, the next courses in this practical series.

Learning Objectives

TOPIC 1 - Treatment Planning for Exodontia and Minor Oral Surgery

• Review of basic principles of case selection
• Which cases to refer obligations under DBA standards
• Common errors resulting in poor case selection and potential consequences

TOPIC 2 - Tooth Sectioning Multi Rooted Teeth

• Review of Sectioning of Multirooted Teeth
• Group Exercise - Sectioning of multirooted teeth to assist removal on model

TOPIC 3 - Medical management

• Management of the anticoagulated patient
• Group Exercise - Recognising medications associated with increased risk of Osteonecrosis

TOPIC 4 - Suturing

• Selection of Suture material and needles
• Techniques for suture placement and tying
• Group Exercise - Placement and tying of suture on models and Sheep Tongue

TOPIC 5 - Removal of Root Fragments

• Application of Instruments to assist in removal of retained root fragments
• Practical Exercise - Application of root tip elevators to remove root fragments on model

SPEAKER BIOgraphies

Dr Gregory Peek
BDS (Hons), MDSc (OMS)

Greg completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Sydney, Australia in 1985.

Following Graduation Greg served as a Dental Officer with the Australian Defence Forces before commencing specialty training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Brisbane Australia in 1989. Greg completed a Masters of Dental Science (OMS) at the University of Queensland and the specialty stream exit examination of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
On completion of his speciality training Greg was appointed as a Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at the Royal Australian Naval Hospital HMAS Penguin in Sydney and at the Manly District Hospital in Manly' Sydney.

On completion of service in the Royal Australian Navy Greg returned to Brisbane where he was appointed as Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane and the Ipswich General Hospital in Ipswich, Queensland.

Greg moved to full time private practice in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Brisbane and until recently worked in a large multidisciplinary specialist practice. On retiring from practice Greg recommenced his involvement in undergraduate dental education at the University of Queensland Dental School before accepting a position at the University of Aberdeen in mid 2017.

Dr John Arvier
BDSC, MSc, MDS, FADI, FICD, OAM

Dr John Arvier is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with 34 years experience. He practices from the Wesley Medical Centre and branches in Carindale and Sunnybank. Dr Arvier is a Visiting Medical Officer at Queensland Children’s Hospital, and is involved in training the next generation of surgeons in the Queensland region of the training program.

Dr Arvier completed his dental undergraduate training at the University of Queensland, with subsequent post-graduate surgical training at King’s College Hospital Medical School in London, and the Royal Adelaide Hospital & Adelaide University in South Australia. He has a special interest in maxillofacial trauma and is associated with several of the professional football codes in Brisbane. He is also a specialist member of the Medical Assessment Tribunal of Worksafe (Worker’s Compensation) Queensland.

Dr Arvier is a past president and federal councillor of the Queensland Branch of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (ANZAOMS), and a former chairman of the Overseas Aid Committee of ANZAOMS. He has made 36 volunteer visits to Bangladesh, Cambodia and Papua New Guinea, and has helped establish formal training programs in these regions. He was the inaugural examiner in all 3 regions, and has also made three volunteer visits to Africa; firstly to Congo with AusHEAL, and then Ethiopia and Somaliland with Australian Doctors for Africa (ADFA). Dr Arvier is also a long term member of Rotary, and has treated many patients brought to The Wesley Hospital for pro bono surgical procedures not available in their home countries.

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