Oral surgery on social media - what do we ask about

What to expect

This webinar, delivered by Chris Waith will look to answer the most commonly asked questions on social media on the topic of oral surgery.

Chris has reviewed three common dental forums on Facebook and Instagram, looked through posts that involve oral surgery or one of the subjects around it. He has collated each post into topics, and will answer the top ten (ish) questions.

Learning objectives

• Understand the most common medical guidelines and accepted advice used in oral surgery (bisphosphonates, bleeding, heart surgery, MI/CVA, alcohol and steroids)
• Understand a simple framework of how to assess a radiograph/patient to judge difficulty
• Understand the red flags for patients who are difficult to anaesthetise and a framework to try and anaesthetise those patients
• Understand the general dental essential oral surgery kit and an outline of how we use it
• Discuss how to manage common post operative problems like dry socket, pain and bony sequestrum
• Understand how to handle ortho extractions- annoying upper 4s, imbrications and extra teeth.

Development outcome

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Meet the speaker

Chris graduated with honours from Manchester University in 2002. He also won the Edgar Houghton restorative prize and the BDA Young Clinician award for Manchester. After VT he worked as a member of the Central Manchester maxillofacial team for three years during which time he passed the MFDS examination.  His maxillofacial work continued at locum registrar level (2nd on call cover) for a year at Walsgrave (Coventry) and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. After eighteen months as a Staff Grade (OMFS) at the Countess of Chester he became Speciality Dentist in Oral Surgery at Manchester Royal Infirmary and Manchester Dental Hospital. He is now a clinical teaching fellow and lecturer in oral surgery and sedation to MSc and undergraduate students. Chris is a SAAD qualified sedationist who currently treats 2-300 sedation cases a year. He has also completed the TC Ucer dental implant certificate. He is a clinical for the Astra system, lectures for Geistlich Biomaterials and is active in postgraduate education both learning and teaching. He is a member of the BDA, BAOS, SAAD, ITI and ADI. He provides private MOS, sedation and implants in Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire.