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Graham LLoyd-Jones is a consultant radiologist and medical educator, and an internationally renowned speaker, most recently lecturing at the FDI Conference in Sydney in September.

During the COVID-19 pandemic Graham performed detailed analysis of the lung disease visible using CT scans of the chest. This led to working with periodontologists - including Prof. Iain Chapple of Birmingham University - to publish a hypothesis implicating a key role for periodontal disease in the pathogenesis of the lung disease.
Graham is now writing a book on the subject of oro-systemic diseases from an anatomical perspective for a public audience.

As he puts it, "The mouth is a much neglected source of pathology of the human body. The medical and dental literature now makes it clear that biological and pathological processes in the mouth are responsible for the development and worsening of many systemic diseases.  To understand mechanisms involved we need an anatomical perspective which takes into account various entry routes into the body."

Dr Lloyd-Jones will discuss anatomical concepts relating to oro-systemic diseases and highlight messages which dentists need to be sharing with their patients regarding risk of systemic diseases, especially in those with periodontitis.
 
Learning outcomes:
In this presentation you will learn:

• Anatomical concepts relating to oro-systemic diseases.

• Conventional COVID-19 lung disease modelling versus vascular viral entry from the mouth

• Links between gum disease and multiple systemic diseases - and related mechanisms

• Concepts of causality - biological plausibility and holistic anatomical approach

• Messages dentists should be encouraged to share with their patients.

• Potential ways in which dentists and doctors should be collaborating clinically.