Course name: Oral ulceration-an overview for primary care clinicians

Date/Time:  Wednesday, 31 July 2024    -   1pm - 2pm

Venue:  online 

 Fees:  Dentists £5         DCPs £5

Speaker: Tarun Nagpal

Dr Tarun Nagpal works as a speciality registrar in Oral Surgery at the Luton and Dunstable hospital and in dental practices. He currently works across London, Surrey, Kent & Oxford providing Oral surgery and sedation services for anxious patients.
He prides himself on providing patient centred-care with an empathetic approach. He believes open and honest communication is the key to dental care and that this allows patients to be at ease in the dental chair. He is a keen advocate for reducing anxiety as a barrier to patients receiving dental care in general practice.
Dr Nagpal received his BDS from Kings College London and worked as a dentist in Surrey. He then completed 4 years in Oral and Maxillofacial roles across London gaining his current skill set and his sedation accreditation.
Dr Nagpal has a keen interest in postgraduate education to further his knowledge. He is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh and the London regional representative for BAOS (British Association of Oral Surgeons). He has a Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Dental Care as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Education and is currently reading towards a Diploma in Implantology.
He is a member of several societies that allow him to maintain his practice to the current gold standards. These include SAAD (Sedation in Dentistry), BAOS (British Association of Oral Surgeons), BDA (British Dental Association) and ISDAM (International Society for Dental Anxiety Management).
In his personal time Dr Nagpal is the healthcare clinical lead for the charity Nishkam SWAT. Their main purpose is to provide selfless service for those less fortunate across the world. He has featured in the media discussing homelessness and the exclusion they currently experience.

The aim of this course is give an overview of the causes of Oral ulceration, how they may present and present options for treatment or referral.

Course objectives

• Differentiate between traumatic, recurrent, drug induced, infective, systemic oral ulceration and malignancy.
• Discuss how to take a thorough history, document findings quickly and easily and make efficient use of referral pathways.
• List the potential aetiology of benign oral ulceration and formulate a treatment plan with reference to primary care guidelines and resources.
• Discuss oral and systemic side effects of immunomodulators used to treat initially unresponsive oral ulceration.

Following the course you will be able to:

• List the systemic and local causes for oral ulceration. 

• Recognise sinister features warranting secondary care referrals.

• Recall management guidelines relevant to benign oral ulceration in primary care.

 GDC Development outcome: C