“Craniofacial, Cosmetic, and Head and Neck Surgery Considerations for the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon” will be the subject of the fifth annual Dr. Daniel M. Laskin Lecture on Saturday, June 8, at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, Fifth Floor, Lecture Hall South, 801 S. Paulina St., Chicago, IL, 60612.
Guest lecturer will be Dr. G.E. Ghali, DDS, MS, FACS, Professor and Chairman, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center; and Director, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.Dr. Ghali will discuss Oral Cancer; Office-Based Cosmetic Facial Surgery; and Craniomaxillofacial Deformities: Distraction Osteogenesis vs. Orthognathic Surgery.
Three hours of Continuing Education credit will be provided. Registration and continental breakfast, provided by KLS Martin Group, begins at 8 a.m. The lecture begins at 9 a.m. Tuition is free, but registration is required by Wednesday, May 29. Contact Maria Limon at mlimon@uic.edu or (312) 996-5987.
The lecture is named for Dr. Laskin, a former Head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Laskin established the College’s Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) and Facial Pain Research Center, and conducted extensive research on the non-surgical treatment of TMJ disorders. One of Dr. Laskin’s major research achievements in the TMJ field was isolating problems of the jaw muscles from those of the jaw joint. This has greatly improved TMJ treatment.