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Burning Mouth, Dry Mouth and Altered Taste

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Burning Mouth, Dry Mouth and Altered Taste

Dr Caroline Pankhurst BDS FDS PhD

Senior Specialist Clinical Teacher in Oral Medicine
King's College London Dental Institute

An interactive recording of the March 2008 live webinar

4 hours verifiable CPD

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About the presenter

DrCPanhkurst Dr Pankhurst was Clinical Senior Lecturer, Oral Microbiology, King’s College London Dental Institute, and now has joined the distance learning MClin Dent in Prosthodontics and continues to work in Oral Medicine. She is a member of Decontamination in Primary Care committee at the Department of Health.

Her research interests span the following fields: microbial and occupational risks from contaminated dental unit waterlines, dental cross-infection control, management of burning mouth syndrome and xerostomia and musculo-skeletal & occupational health risks to dentists. She contributes the chapter “Treatment of oropharyngeal candidiasis” to BMJ Clinical Evidence.

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Learning aim

The dentist often is the first health care provider in primary care to spot mucosal changes and symptoms affecting the mouth. This seminar will highlight the signs and symptoms of the common but under diagnosed conditions of dry mouth, burning mouth and altered taste.To provide a practical introduction to key issues in dental ethics, law and professionalism, including consent and confidentiality.

Learning objectives

Understanding the link between dry mouth burning mouth and altered taste

Be aware of current evidence on the pathology of burning mouth

Be able to distinguish the symptom of burning and its possible causes from burning mouth syndrome

Be able to diagnose and treat a patient with dry mouth, burning mouth and altered taste

To distinguish which patients to refer to a specialist centre for additional diagnostic test and treatment planning.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the session you will have updated your knowledge regarding the signs and symptoms of this condition and how it should be managed.

Contents

The course comprises

Presentation

The presentation (1 hour, 40 questions) is divided into sections with a review quiz to help assess how much information you have retained. On completion of each quiz the answers can be reviewed together with the correct responses.

CPD certification quiz (40 questions)

The certification quiz contains all the questions in the same order as given in the presentation but you have only one attempt at each. The pass mark is 70%; if you have completed and reviewed the presentation thoroughly you should score 100%! If you score less than 70% make a note of the questions answered incorrectly then review the relevant parts of the presentation and repeat the quiz.

Answers and feedback

Once you have passed the quiz you may view all the questions together with the correct answers and feedback.

Evaluation

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