Speaker

Dr Elvis Tsang

Topic

Periodontal Considerations for Treatment of Older Adults

Abstract

With the ageing population in Hong Kong and the increase in oral health awareness, the need for dental treatment has been increasing in the age group of older adults. Especially when now periodontal health is linked to systemic health and overall well-being of the quality of life in the older adults, more and more patients of this age group would be seeking treatment from us. As a result, quite often dentists would face the challenge of managing medically compromised older adults which require periodontal treatment. Throughout this seminar, Dr. Tsang will outline the important aspects in general assessment, periodontal assessment and management with related clinical cases. There will also be discussion in specific issues related to the management of older adults. Participants are expected to gain more insights from a periodontist’s perspective when managing patients in this age group after the seminar.

Biography

Dr Tsang received his undergraduate and postgraduate training in HK and became a specialist in Periodontology in 2014. He has worked full time in the faculty for more than 10 years and was awarded close to 2 million of grants including HMRF and Teaching Development Grant. He has been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate extensively throughout the years and received the Faculty Outstanding Teacher Award in 2022. Despite all these, he has chosen to work in private practice since 2022 and now has a private practice and devotes his time in the development of local specialists as one of the specialty board members and continues to teach as an honorary staff in the faculty.

Speaker

Professor Alice Chan

Topic

Oral Health Care in Older Adults

Abstract

The older adult population is increasing in number and proportion worldwide and locally. Hong Kong will have one third of the population being 65 or above and be the city with highest proportion of older adults in the world by 2050. Age changes, chronic medical conditions and polypharmacy make older adults more susceptible to oral diseases. With their declined physical and cognitive function on aging, older adults may have difficulties in performing daily oral hygiene care or even in tolerating dental treatment. The treatment philosophy and approach for general population may not be suitable for this special age group. During this seminar, Dr. Chan will illustrate the treatment philosophy and considerations for oral health care in older adults. She will also update the current recommendations on the management of oral diseases in older adults.

Biography

Professor Chan is the Clinical Assistant Professor in the University of Hong Kong. She received BDS, MDS(Pros), AdvDip(Pros) and PhD in the University of Hong Kong and obtained the Membership in Prosthodontic from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburg in 2014. She has been a registered Specialist in Prosthodontics in Hong Kong since 2016. She is fellow in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburg, the College of Dental Surgeons in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. Professor Chan’s research interest is oral health care in older adults with numerous publications on geriatric dentistry. She has received four awards in international conferences including the Outstanding Research Award in the 15th International Conference of the Asian Academy of Preventive Dentistry, the 3rd prize of poster presentation in the 2nd General Meeting of Asian-Oceanian Federation of Conservative Dentistry, the Best poster award in the 2022 TU-HKU-FJMU International Symposium Oral Health Sciences and the Most popular poster award in the 11th Hong Kong International Dental Expo and Symposium 2022. She serves as a journal editor in Frontiers in Oral Health and journal reviewers in several journals including Journal of Dentistry and Caries Research.