ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL RADIOLOGIST

Tom graduated from The University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Dental Science. After working in both the private and public dental sectors, he undertook a three-year specialist training program at the University of Queensland and graduated with a Doctorate of Clinical Dentistry specialising in Dento-Maxillofacial Radiology. It included training at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, private radiology practices and at the School of Dentistry. Tom currently consults for the QScan Group in Queensland and Envision Medical Imaging in Western Australia. Additionally, he reports CBCT scans from dental clinics through O-RAD.

He has held positions of visiting lecturer, clinical supervisor and external examiner at the University of Queensland, School of Dentistry and the University of Western Australia, School of Dentistry. Tom has also presented topics in radiology and radiography internationally and continues to have research interests in Cone Beam Computed Tomography and Multislice CT. He was the Australian regional director for the International Association of Dento-Maxillofacial Radiology (IADMFR) from 2016-2022 and past president of the Australian Academy of Dento-Maxillofacial Radiology (2023-2024). Tom is also on the WA region committee of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons.

Tom has published papers in peer reviewed journals and is contributing author of the publication Atlas of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017). He is also a co-author of the ADA’s Practical Guide to Dental Radiology (2019)

Children are not just "little adults" and imaging of younger patients requires different considerations. This presentation will explore a practical approach to imaging the younger patient, focusing on when to image, which modality to choose, and how to optimise image acquisition. We will review the role and limitations of common imaging techniques such as intraoral radiography, panoramic imaging and CBCT as well as less commonly encountered techniques such as multislice CT, ultrasound, MRI and nuclear medicine.

Numerous clinical cases will be presented to highlight the radiological features of common and some not so common paediatric jaw lesions.