When Dentistry Becomes Unpredictable - Oral Cancer | Professor StJohn Crean | Friday 05 February 2027

For: Dentists, Nurses, Hygienists, Managers,

A practical update on medical risk, consent and oral cancer

Description

Professor StJohn Crean is Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at the University of Lancashire, formerly Executive Dean of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences. He is an Honorary Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at East Lancs Hospital Trust, Robert Bradlaw advisor at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Editor-in-Chief of the Faculty Dental Journal, MFDS Examiner and University of Cambridge Examiner. He serves as NED at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and sits on councils including NHSA, NW Innovation Agency, and Preston Anchor Board. He leads the Preston Cyber Zone and has chaired the Lancashire LEP Health Sector Board and NCF Workforce and Skills Group.

Aims

• To give the dental team a practical update on medical and pharmaceutical risks, current consent law and the recognition, referral and treatment of oral cancer.

Objectives

• Recognise common medical and medication-related factors that alter dental treatment.
• Explain what Montgomery and McCulloch mean for consent in dentistry.
• Recognise possible oral cancer, record findings and make the correct referral.
• Describe the likely patient journey after referral.
• Explain, in simple terms, how environmental exposures can influence gene expression through epigenetic change.
• Compare surgery and radiotherapy for oral-cavity cancer, including survival, function and quality of life.

Speakers

Professor StJohn Crean

Professor StJohn Crean is Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at the University of Lancashire, formerly Executive Dean of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences. He is an Honorary Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at East Lancs Hospital Trust, Robert Bradlaw advisor at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Editor-in-Chief of the Faculty Dental Journal, MFDS Examiner and University of Cambridge Examiner. He serves as NED at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and sits on councils including NHSA, NW Innovation Agency, and Preston Anchor Board. He leads the Preston Cyber Zone and has chaired the Lancashire LEP Health Sector Board and NCF Workforce and Skills Group.

Sessions

09:30 - 11:00, session 1

11:30 - 13:00, session 2

14:00 - 15:15, session 3

15:45 - 17:00, session 4