Invited Speaker
Prof. Monty Duggal
Prof Duggal obtained his dental degree and MDS in Paediatric Dentistry from India. He then immigrated to the United Kingdom and obtained his FDSRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and his PhD from University of Leeds. He was appointed Professor and Chair of Child Dental Health at University of Leeds, Leeds Dental Institute in 1999 where he oversaw a large postgraduate programme in Paediatric Dentistry which has international acclaim. In January 2017 he was appointed as Professor and Head of Paediatric Dentistry in Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore and then as the Vice Dean and Faculty Research Director of the National University Centre for Oral Health, Singapore (NUCOHS). In January 2021 he was invited to become the Inaugural Dean of the first College of Dental Medicine in Qatar, Qatar University. He has served in several senior leadership positions, and was President of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry from 2014-2016 and has served on the board of EAPD for last 10 years. Professor Duggal has published over 200 research papers in international journals and is author of “Restorative Techniques in Paediatric Dentistry, which has been published in 7 languages and has sold over 16,000 copies worldwide. He has has Co-Edited “Paediatric Dentistry” by Oxford, now in its 5th edition and is the most widely followed textbook in Paediatric dentistry in the world. More recently he authored “Paediatric Dentistry at a Glance”, published by Blackwell Willey. He has administered research grants totaling over seven million pounds and is an internationally recognised researcher and clinician with main research interest is Cariology and Translation Research in Clinical Paediatric Dentistry, including dental traumatology and regenerative endodontics and auto-transplantation. Apart from Paediatric Dentistry his main interest is playing and watching cricket and any time spare from work and family is devoted to this important activity.
Invited Lecture:
A few snippets and lessons learned from 30 years experience of managing complex dento-alveolar trauma in Children and Adolescents
Abstract:
Severe dental trauma, such as avulsion, and intrusion may lead to teeth being lost in a young child or adolescents. Early loss of teeth can lead to the loss of bone and further atrophy in the dento-alveolar region in a growing child. Infraocclusion also has similar negative consequences for the alveolar bone. It is imperative that clinicians who manage dental trauma in children understand growth and development and when ankylosis and infraocclusion are diagnosed, take appropriate steps to preserve or regenerate bone in that region. This talk will aim to discuss various techniques that are at our disposal to preserve bone after complex traumatic injury to the dental alveolar region.
Replacement of missing or teeth lost due to dental trauma can also be challenging in a young child. One of the techniques that give an excellent, biological and a sustainable outcome is autotransplantation. In this talk the speaker will present the indications and pitfalls of autotransplanation learnt over the years, the technique and follow up protocols. Long term outcomes will be presented with detailed discussion of several clinical cases managed from the time teeth are lost or ankylosed, through bone preservation and autotransplantation.