CPD COURSE 08: Dentoalveolar Surgery and Grafting in the Medically Compromised Patient - Tuesday 5 August 2025
Tuesday 5 August 2025
The Melbourne Dental School in conjunction with Geistlich is proud to present:
Dr Markus Tröltzsch
Dentoalveolar Surgery and the Medically Compromised Patient
An ever growing and ageing population, in a setting of significant advancements in medical science and surgical techniques, means dentists are now seeing more and more patients with complex medical conditions in an outpatient setting. Existing medical conditions may have an impact on oral health whilst also influencing the way a patient is best managed to ensure safety and treatment efficacy. Furthermore, dentists generally see patients more often than medical doctors and can play an important role in the early detection of broader systemic disease. Dentists must remain current with respect to their general medical knowledge and how to consider a patients’ medical history in everyday dental practice.
Diabetes, kidney diseases, anticoagulant therapies, cardio-vascular diseases, immuno-suppression, autoimmune disorders, cancer and cancer therapies, bisphosphonate use, use of antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medications, etc., are but a few examples of the conditions and considerations clinicians must navigate in daily practice.
Dr Markus Tröltzsch, a world-renowned German oral and maxillofacial surgeon and co-author of the textbook “Medicine in Dentistry (Quintessence Publishing)” will provide contemporary updates in management protocols for medically compromised patients. As minor dentoalveolar surgery is a common therapeutic area performed by many general dental practitioners, the final part of the workshop will discuss dental extractions and the concept of alveolar ridge preservation. Participants will also have the opportunity of practicing alveolar ridge preservation using simulation models.
Learning Objectives:
- How to medically assess the surgical patient.
- Overview of systemic conditions that can alter surgical management.
- Understanding of pharmacological protocols, including the role of antibiotic and analgesics.
- A review of dentoalveolar surgical techniques and post-operative care of the medically compromised patient.
- The role of biomaterials in the medically compromised patient.
- Ridge preservation in the medically compromised patient –including hands-on exercises on simulation models.
Program Delivery:
- Face-to-Face hands-on lecture and preclinical lab session to be held on Tuesday 5 August 2025 (1.00pm - 5.00pm) at the Melbourne Dental School, Ground Floor Preclinical Laboratory, 723 Swanston Street, Carlton Vic 3053.
CPD Credit: 4 hours of Scientific CPD
Dr Markus Troltzch (MD /DMD) completed his dental training and received his DMD in 2005 from the Dental School at the University of Erlangen in Nuremberg in Germany. In 2010, Dr. Troeltzsch completed his medical education at the Medical School at the University of Erlangen, Nuremberg and received his MD. Dr. Troeltzsch continued his dental studies in 2008 and 2009 specializing in restorative and esthetic Dentistry (Curriculum DGÄZ). He spent 6 months in the Department of Surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia, and then proceeded to the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Afterwards he performed his residency at the University Clinics in Bochum (Germany) and Göttingen (Germany) where he passed the board exam for maxillofacial surgery. Dr. Troeltzsch was appointed as consultant and senior physician for maxillofacial surgery at the University of Göttingen in January 2016. In September 2016 he moved on and maintains a private office for dentistry and oral and maxillofacial surgery in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany and directs the Departement for oral and maxillofacial surgery at the hospital of Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany with his father and brother.
In November 2016 he was elected as the director of the APW, the Academy for postgraduate continuous education of the german dental association and was reelected in November 2020. As this position is limited to two terms he ended his work at this position in fall 2024. He lectures and publishes internationally and nationally on various topics, especially about up to date procedures of methods of augmentation of the jaws, implants and the various aspects of medicine in dentistry. Furthermore he is the moderator of various online continuous education programs.
He is the main author of the augmentation guidelines paper of the Consensus conference of the German Society of Implantology (DGI) and the head editor of a comprehensive textbook "Medicine for Dentists“, both were published in fall 2020. In 2021 his initiative greenviu became accessible to the public, a way to become sustainable for medical and dental practitioners around the globe.
The study club "Med4dent“ was started in 2021 by Dr. Troeltzsch and his brother. In 2022 he became a board member of the BDIZ - EDI.
Currently he is working on new publications and conference concepts. Dr. Troeltzsch is specialised in the following procedures: Dr. Troeltzsch is aktive as a dentist, oral surgeon and maxillofacial surgeon. Apart from orthodontics he covers all fields in dentistry and has specialised in restorative and aesthetic procedures. However his main field of expertise is surgery. He covers the whole field of oral and maxillofaxial surgery and focusses extensively in: Augmentation procedures of the jaws, Oral implantology, Treatment and prevention of necrotic affections of the jaws, Surgical and implant procedures for medical complex patients Navigation and digital procedures.
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