Oral Health and Dental Management

Minimizing the injury of inferior dental nerve during removal of lower third molar: A systematic approach

International Conference and Exhibition on Dentistry

March 18-20, 2015 Dubai, UAE

Kamis Gaballah

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Worldwide, the presence of impacted third molar is often associated with significant morbidities that may range from soreness, pain, swelling, inability to open mouth widely & chew properly & impairment of the health of adjacent teeth to more serious complications like neck infection & emergence of certain pathologies like cysts & tumors. This wide range of clinical problem made the surgical removal of these teeth is the commonest oral surgical procedure. This procedure is associated with significant morbidity including pain & swelling, together with the possibility of temporary or permanent nerve damage, resulting in an altered sensation of lip or tongue. This talk will shed some light on the systematic approach may be considered to prevent or minimize the damage to the inferior dental nerve during such surgeries.

Biography :

Kamis Gaballah is currently Associate Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Ajman University, UAE. Since graduation on 1993 and he showed a great interest in the field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery for which he was extensively trained and practiced in many countries, including Libya, Egypt, Ireland, United Kingdom, Norway and UAE. During his surgical training, he was awarded with the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in both England and Ireland. He was also formally trained in Oral Medicine at the Trinity College Dublin of the Ireland. Upon his completion of the professional surgical training and practicing for several years in the field, he has joined the University of London for intensive and novel research on the cancer gene therapy. His research work focused on the use of the tissue engineering, virus-mediated gene therapy for head and neck cancer and oral potentially malignant lesions and also the inhibition of angiogenesis to prevent the recurrence of head and neck cancer in surgically treated patients. He has published his novel research outcome in highly-ranked journals and his papers were cited by a significant number of authors all over the world. His academic interest was expanded to include the higher education teaching and learning for which he was formally trained at the University of London and warded with Membership of the UK council of higher education before joining the King?s College London as a Clinical Lecturer in Oral Surgery.