Oral cancer and sepsis | Rozalia Gombera | Friday 10 October 2025

For: Nurses,

Description

Rozalia's journey in dentistry started in 2013 as a qualified dental nurse. She gained a postgraduate qualification as an oral health educator and worked promoting oral health in general practice within Gloucestershire. Later on she worked as Oral health Promotion Officer in Warwickshire working for a local NHS Trust, Warwickshire City Council and Public Health England. She also has a non-profit dental project that offers free oral health education, dental out reaches in the UK and internationally. Her mission has been to empower dental nurses to fully use their scope of practice.

Aims

• Sepsis
• Recognise Signs & Symptoms
• Know Vulnerable groups
• Have knowledge on how to refer patients for appropriate care

Objectives

• The importance of routinely screening for mouth cancer.
• The causes of, and risk factors associated with mouth cancer.
• How team members play an important role in the early detection of mouth cancer.
• The range of mouth cancer treatments that may be carried out.
• How to maintain the dental fitness of mouth cancer patients.
• The types of oral cancer and the conditions that can present in the mouth and perioral tissues.
• The importance of early cancer detection and what we are looking for.

Speakers

Rozalia Gombera

Rozalia's journey in dentistry started in 2013 as a qualified dental nurse. She gained a postgraduate qualification as an oral health educator and worked promoting oral health in general practice within Gloucestershire. Later on she worked as Oral health Promotion Officer in Warwickshire working for a local NHS Trust, Warwickshire City Council and Public Health England. She also has a non-profit dental project that offers free oral health education, dental out reaches in the UK and internationally. Her mission has been to empower dental nurses to fully use their scope of practice.

Sessions

09:00 - 11:00, session 1

11:30 - 13:00, session 2

GDC outcomes

A, C,