Professor Stephen Porter

Professor Stephen Porter BSc MD PhD FDS RCS (Eng) FDS RCS (Edin) FHEA

Biography:

Professor Stephen Porter is Institute Director and Professor of Oral Medicine of UCL Eastman Dental Institute, a past President of the European Association of Oral Medicine, a past President of the British Society for Oral Medicine and until recently Senior Vice Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal Collge of Surgeons of England. His clinical interests are the medical management of disorders of the oral mucosa, salivay glands and abnormalities of orofacial sensation. His research interests include the diagnosis and management of potentially malignant disease of the mouth and the treatment of immunologically mediated disease of the mouth and salivary glands.

Oral cancer – an update

Aim:

To review the clinical, epidemiological, aetiologocal and medicolegal aspects of oral cancer relevant to specialist dental practice.

Objective:

The lecture seeks to provide an understanding of aspects of oral cancer and related disease of relevance to the specialist dental setting.