Oral Impalement Injuries in Children: Recognition, Red Flags and Referral
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Speaker
Dr Ahmad Faisal Ismail
Dr Ahmad Faisal Ismail graduated with BDS from Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya in 2008 and served the Malaysian Ministry of Health from 2008 to 2011. He then pursued his post graduate training in paediatric dentistry at the Faculty of Dentistry, the University of Hong Kong from 2011-2014. During his 3 years in Hong Kong, he was trained at the Prince Philip Dental Hospital, Queen Mary Hospital and Duchess of Kent Children Hospital at Sandy Bay, Hong Kong. Dr Faisal was awarded the Tri-collegiate Specialty membership in Paediatric Dentistry from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2016 and Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Glasgow in 2017. He is a member of Academy of Medicine, Malayasia and Fellow (Dental Surgery) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Dr Faisal is a practicing paediatric dental specialist at Kulliyyah of Dentistry and Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Center (SASMEC).
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Abstract :
Oral impalement injuries in children are frequently encountered in dental practice and often appear deceptively minor. Despite, this their proximity to vital anatomical structures places affected children risk of delayed but serious complication. This lecture provides dental practitioners with a structured approach to recognition, assessment and identification of red-flag features that necessitate timely referral. It also highlights key gaps in current literature and guidelines relevant to dentists.