Paediatric Orofacial Medicine and Pathology

Roger Hall is Senior Dental Surgeon at the Royal Children s Hospital, and Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne. Until 1998, he was Director of Dentistry at the RCH. He is a former President of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry and in 1996 was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to Paediatric Dentistry Nicola Kilpatrick is Director of the Department of Dentistry at the Royal Children s Hospital in Melbourne. She also holds an Associate Professorship in Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne. Richard Widmer is a former president of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry. He is currently Head of Dental Department, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney. Angus Cameron is Head of Department, Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Special Care Dentistry at the Westmead Centre for Oral Health and Clinical Associate Professor (Head of Discipline) at the University of Sydney. He is also affiliated with the University of Adelaide as a Clinical Associate Professor.

1. Diagnostic Approach to Paediatric Orofacial Disorders. 2. Normal Growth and Development. 3. Facial Dysmorphism and Syndrome Diagnosis. 4. Approach to Interdisciplinary Management of Complex Paediatric Disorders. 5. Variations of Normal Development and Pseudopathology. 6. Congenital Orofacial Malformations, Clefting and Duplication. 7. Abnormalities of Tooth Formation, Eruption and Resorption. 8. Abnormalities of the Gingiva and Periodontium: Periodontitis, Gingival Overgrowth. 9. Abnormalities of the Oral Mucosa. 10. Oral Manifestations of Systemic Disease. 11. Abnormalities of Saliva and Salivary Glands and Sequelae. 12. Dental caries. 13. Oral and Maxillofacial Infections. 14. Developmental and Acquired Cysts of the Jaws and Oral Soft Tissues. 15. Giant cell lesions. 16. Periostitis and Fibro-osseous Lesions. 17. Tumours, Neoplasms, Tumour-like Conditions, Haematological Malignancies, and Effects of Treatment. 18. Orofacial Pain, Altered Pain, Sensation and Acquired Disorders of the Temperomandibular Joint. 19. Oral features of disorders in Late Childhood and Adolescence: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulemia, Depression, Drug Ingestion, Pregnancy