CE programme
Webinar
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The Oral Microbiota and Total Health: Translating Theory into Clinical Practice

FDI-CSA Dental Summit

Location

China, Asia Pacific

Speaker

Samaranayake Lakshman
  • Professor Emeritus (Microbiomics) Lakshman Samaranayake is the :Past Dean of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong,  as well as the School of Dentistry, University of Queensland, Australia
  • He is also the Editor-in-Chief, the  International Dental Journal – the flagship journal of the FDI International Dental Federation.
  • He is the author of over 450 communications  cited over 30,500 occasions (h-index 95), as well as seminal  oral microbiology texts used by dental students and postgraduates the world over.
  • He was also a past Chairman of the Science Committee, and a member of the FDI Council

Organizer

Chinese Stomatological Association

Learning Objectives

  • Define the oral microbiome, the microbiota, and a dysbiotic microbiome
  • State the pathways by which oral microbiota impact systemic health
  • State the diseases that may be caused by a dysbiotic oral microbiome
  • Define the methods of diagnosing dysbiosis of the oral microbiome
  • State how such methods could be used in clinical practice to deliver personalised dental care