Oral Health and Dental Management

Orofacial vascular lesions

28^th Asia Pacific Congress on Dental and Oral Health

July 10-12, 2017 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Zainal Ariff Bin Abdul Rahman

University of Malaya, Malaysia

Keynote: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Vascular lesion within the mouth, face and jaws had pose an unsolved challenge to the oral and maxillofacial surgeons due to possible risk of excessive blood loss during surgical intervention and also frequent recurrence of the lesion. The vascular lesions that occur commonly within orofacial region include arteriovenous malformation, cavernous haemangioma and vascular tumor. The author will describe the diagnosis and various treatment options for the variety of vascular lesions. The rational and justification of each treatment option will be discussed in detail. The need of prior embolization in relation to the type of lesion will also be emphasized. The merit and disadvantage of each treatment options will be discussed over a range reported cases. The complications that may arise from these lesions will also be mentioned.

Biography :

Zainal Ariff Bin Abdul Rahman is presently working as Dean at Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Currently, he is working as a Professor at Department of Oro-Maxillofacial Surgical & Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He has published more than 38 papers in reputed journals.

Email: zainalr@um.edu.my