25th Annual Wilma and Earl Shepard Dental/Otolaryngology Memorial Lecture Series

"Advanced Digital Technologies in Maxillofacial Prosthodontics"

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. CDT

Featured speaker: Dr. Suresh Nayar, BDS, MDS, MFDSRCS(Eng), MRDRCS(Edin), MRDRCPS(Glasg), FDS (Rest Dent) RCS(Eng), MPhil

This program has been approved for 2 continuing education credits by the Missouri Dental Association.

The webinar will be hosted on Zoom. If you have a Zoom account, please register with the email address linked to your account. 

You will receive a confirmation email on Tuesday, May 18 at 10:00 a.m. CDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/ 8:00 a.m PDT with the link to the Zoom webinar.

Cost: Complimentary.

From the speaker: Maxillary and mandibular defects due to head and neck oncology treatment, leaves a trail of anatomic, functional and psychological deficiencies. Management of these deficits may include surgical and/or prosthodontic modalities. The field of maxillofacial prosthodontics has seen a paradigm shift in the management and prosthodontic rehabilitation of head and neck oncology patients with the advent of advanced digital technologies. Digital design and simulation that can be used to plan the reconstructions, has allowed the prosthodontic management to be raised to new levels of precision and accuracy. This has led to combining the resection, reconstruction and rehabilitation continuum in head and neck oncology and has resulted in significant reduction in oral rehabilitation times ranging from 6-12 months for benign conditions to 12-18 months for malignant diseases.  Observational studies have revealed other improvements in function as well.

To achieve this level of sophistication, along with the convergence of various technologies, it is important that the planning and management is carried out by a team of specialists in various fields including Maxillofacial Prosthodontics, Head and Neck Surgery, Surgical Design and Simulation, Dental Lab Technology among others.  In my presentation, I will explore this new and exciting innovation along with the team that I work with at the Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine (iRSM) and will touch upon the practical details including both the hardware and software.