Adepitan A. Owosho, DDS, FAAOM, DABOMP
LectureThis course is part of the Association for Continuing Dental Education Joint Live Webinar Series.
This course is part of the Association for Continuing Dental Education Joint Live Webinar Series*
Course Description
Approximately 50,000 individuals are newly diagnosed with oral and pharyngeal cancer every year in the United States. Most patients are diagnosed at a later stage thereby warranting the use of radiotherapy either as neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy. Even with advance radiation delivery techniques such as intensity-modulated radiation therapy and intensity-modulated proton therapy, oral complications such as xerostomia, caries, trismus, and osteoradionecrosis (ORN) still exist. Post-radiation patients to the oral and oropharynx cavity are prone to developing rampant dental caries that may result in dental extractions.
ORN is the most morbid oral complication of radiotherapy that may be managed with segmental jaw resection and reconstruction with bone flap/graft. The risk of osteoradionecrosis post-extraction in an irradiated oral/pharynx cavity is for life. Prevention of ORN in these patients is crucial. This lecture will focus on the use of pentoxifylline-tocopherol in preventing ORN in post-radiation patients that require dental extractions.
Course Objectives
As a result of attending this course you should be able to:
- Understand the etiology, risk factors, pathophysiology, and management of ORN.
- Understand the pharmacologic properties of pentoxifylline and tocopherol.
- Prophylactic use of pentoxifylline and tocopherol for preventing ORN in post-irradiated patient requiring dental extractions.
Instructor
Adepitan A. Owosho obtained is dental degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria after which he practiced dentistry for 2 years. He completed a 3-year residency training in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Subsequently, he completed a 2-year Oral/Dental Oncology clinical research fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. After his fellowship training he joined the faculty of the College of Dental Medicine, University of New England, Maine as an Assistant Clinical Professor of oral and maxillofacial pathology and oral medicine. In 2019, he joined the Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral Health, A.T. Still University as an Associate Professor and Director of Integrated Human Sciences. In August 2022, Dr. Owosho joined The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, College of Dentistry, Department of Diagnostic Sciences as an Associate Professor.
Dr. Owosho’s clinical and research interest lies in the prevention and management of oral complications in oncology patients, immunophenotypic and molecular studies of odontogenic tumors, and bone and soft tissue tumors. He has co-authored several manuscripts on these topics in reputable peer-reviewed journals of Pathology and Dentistry and was the recipient of the 2018 H. Dean Millard award for the best publication in the oral medicine Section of Elsevier’s Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology Journal by the American Academy of Oral Medicine.
Dr. Owosho serves on the academic fellowship committee as a fellowship examiner for the American Academy of Oral Medicine.
Disclosures:
- Dr. Williams has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
- The staff of the University of Washington Office of Continuing Dental Education have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Course Logistics
DATE:
Friday, April 5, 2024
LOCATION:
Online Webinar
TARGET AUDIENCE:
The dental professional
TIMES:
8:00am – 9:00am Pacific Standard time
TUITION:
$49/Participant
CREDITS:
1 hour
*The University of Washington in conjunction with the Association for Continuing Dental Education (ACDE), along with 35 of its member schools jointly presents the “ACDE Webinar Series”
This series features university-based key opinion leaders presenting numerous topics on multiple dates and times. Presentations are available to meet every dental health care professional’s schedule and interests.
Conflict of Interest
In accordance with the ADA CERP Standard V., everyone involved in planning or presenting this educational activity will be required to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests and this information will be made available to participants at the start of the course.
As a continuing education provider, University of Washington Continuing Dental Education is responsible for ensuring the content, quality and scientific integrity of all continuing dental education activities for which credit is provided. The School is also responsible for taking steps to protect against and/or disclose any conflict of interest of the faculty/instructors presenting those courses.
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For this live webinar, a registration refund will be issued for cancellations received by Thursday, April 4, 2024. Registration will remain open until the webinar begins – NO REFUNDS will be accepted once the webinar has begun. Cancellations must be received in email to dentalce@uw.edu The cancellation request must include: the name of the course, name of the person registered, name of the person requesting the cancellation, and the reason for the cancellation.
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