OHASA National Conference

Lagoon Beach Hotel, Milnerton, Cape Town

25 -26 October 2024

Provisional Program

Friday, 25 October 2024

07h00 – 08h00    Registration 

08h00 – 08h15   Opening and Welcome 

08h15 – 10h45   Workshop: Dr. F Seedat and Ms. N Allie Osman 

*  Uncovering What’s Not In The Textbooks: Paediatric & Family Health

10h45 – 11h30  Tea and Traders 

11h30 – 13h30   Lucinda Risseeuw 

*Mental Health Awareness In Oral  Health Practice : SCREENING, REFERRALS AND REPORTING

  13h30 – 14h45   Lunch  and Traders

14h45 – 15h45   Ethics:  Dr. T Muslim 

*You can do this, you can’t do that! How will I ever know what’s the right thing to do? 

15h45 – 16h30   Tea and Traders 

16h30 – 19h30  OHASA AGM (Members only)    

19h30 – 21h00  Social Event

Saturday, 26 October 2024

07h30 – 08h00   Registration

08h00 – 08h30   Opening and Welcome 

08h30 – 09h30   Dr. J Du Toit 

*Gingival Recession and the Role of the Oral Hygienist 

09h30 – 10h30   Dr. S Ambrose  

*Ethics: Consent and Shared Decision Making

10h30 – 11h15   Tea and Traders 

11h15 – 12h15   Dr. A  Afrogheh 

*HPV and Head and Neck Cancer:  Updates in Diagnosis and Testing 

 12h15 – 13h15   Dr. N Singh 

*The Evolving Role of  Mouth Rinses

13h15 – 14h15   Lunch and Traders 

14h15 – 15h15   Lucinda Risseeuw 

*The Gnashing of Dental and Mental

15h15 – 16h15   Dr. Pardon Maluleke

*Topic to be confirmed 

16h15 – 16h30   Tea 

16h30 – 17h30   Dr.  F Seedat 

* Building Strong Foundations: Infant & Toddler Dental Care Essentials

17h30 – 18h30   Tshakane  Refilwe  Mpho Daveyrose  Ralaphenya  (Oral Hygienist) 

* The Role of Oral Health Practitioners in Providing Care for Children with Special Needs

18h30 – 19h00   Closure and Lucky Draws  

*This is only a provisional program. Speaker time slots will still be confirmed.