Cape Cod District Dental Society presents
Oral Malignancies and Mimics
Speaker: Mark Lerman, DMD
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025
Time: 6:00 pm Registration
6:30 – 8:30 pm Lecture
CEUs: 2
Location: Alberto’s Ristorante
360 Main St, Hyannis MA 02601
Dinner Options: (Choose 1 during registration)
- Baked Stuffed Scrod
- Pork Osso Bucco
- Chicken and Eggplant Sorrentino
Event Overview
It is critical for clinicians to be able to appropriately distinguish benign from malignant oral diseases, but even the most frequently seen conditions in oral pathology may be diagnostically challenging for clinicians who do not encounter them regularly. This presentation will help in the identification of both common innocuous and the more clinically significant lesions, including atypical presentations that vary from classic textbook pictures.
Course Objectives
- Clinically distinguish common benign reactive, immune-mediated, and infectious disorders of the oral mucosa from malignant and pre-malignant lesions
- Formulate reasonable differentials based on clinical presentations and histories
- Select appropriate diagnostic techniques for arriving at definitive diagnoses
- Assess when patients are best served with referral to specialists, or when they may be managed locally with immune-suppressive medications or antimicrobial agents
Speaker Bio
Dr. Mark Lerman is an oral and maxillofacial pathologist who serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Diagnostic Sciences at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. He divides his time between teaching, clinical practice, and diagnostic histopathology at Tufts Oral Pathology Services, the school’s biopsy service.
Dr. Lerman earned both his B.A. in history and D.M.D. from Tufts University. After completing a general practice residency in dentistry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, he trained in oral and maxillofacial pathology at New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens in New York City. He was on the faculty for eight years at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine before returning to his alma mater in 2014.
A diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and a fellow of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Dr. Lerman was elected secretary-treasurer of the latter group and has authored multiple articles in the peer-reviewed oral pathology literature.
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