If you can’t connect the issues, think connective tissues

Speaker: Audrey Kershaw

Date: June 20, 2025

Time: 0900‐10:00

Room: Atrium 1

The aim of this session is to:

1. Introduce hereditary connective tissue issues (HCTD).
2. Explain the main signs and symptoms.
3. Show how the dental team can pick these cases up.
4. See the relevance to dentistry.

Objectives

By the end of this session participants will have been:

1. Able to meet HCTD/Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) patients that were discovered in a dental setting.
2. Had a chance to discuss signs and symptoms of HCTD/EDS.
3. Been made aware of how much more common HCTD/EDS is.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this session participants should be able to:

1. Have a greater understanding of HCTD/EDS.
2. Begin to recognise patterns suggestive of HCTD/EDS.
3. Know how to modify treatment.
4. Know how to modify clinic for staff members with HCTD/EDS.

General Dental Council eCPD outcomes: A, B, C & D.