Course Overview
"Oral Cancer Diagnostics: Practicing for Life", also web-based, is an interactive course about oral cancer for oral health care providers. Throughout the course you will be presented with three different patient encounters. You will learn about cancerous and precancerous lesions and contemporary diagnostic techniques, including brush biopsy. Dental considerations for patients with oral cancer will be discussed, with clinically applicable information to help you provide treatment to these patients. After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Appreciate the responsibilities of oral health care providers in early detection of oral cancer.
• Identify those patients at risk for oral cancer and offer educational information to promote risk factor prevention.
• Define the steps of the oral cancer screening.
• Describe the appropriate diagnostic procedures for oral cancer and precancerous lesions.
• Evaluate and provide dental care to patients who have a history of oral cancer.
• Understand the process of both making referrals and communicating with appropriate healthcare providers.

Faculty
A. Ross Kerr, DDS, MSD Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine; Director of Special Patient Care & Hospital Dentistry

Robert Glickman, DMD Professor and Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Division of Basic Science, Medicine and Surgery

A grade of 75 or higher is required on the final exam to receive 3 CDE credits for this course. Participant progress is monitored weekly. Participants failing to receive the necessary exam score will be contacted about re-taking the exam. Upon successful completion of the course, the Office of Continuing Dental Education will forward appropriate documentation to the address provided at the time of registration.