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SPEAKER PROFILE (DAY 3)

Prof. Dr. Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Tilakaratne
BDS, MS, FDSRCS, FRCPath, PhD

Professor WM Tilakaratne is currently the Professor of Oral Pathology and Associate Dean
attached to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry,
University of Malaya. After completing BDS from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, he
obtained his MS degree from University of Colombo. Then he obtained his professional
qualifications from the United Kingdom and PhD from Japan.
He has been working as an Oral Pathologist for three decades and held many positions in
the field of Head and Neck Pathology. He is a past president of the International Association
of Oral Pathologists. He has worked as the Professor of Oral Pathology at Queen Mary
University of London and a visiting Professor to many universities in different countries. He
was the former Dean and Senior Professor of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dental Sciences,
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Professor Tilakaratne’s main research field is oral cancer, OPMD and odontogenic tumours.
He has published over 150 papers with a H-index of 38 and written a few text books and
contributed to many chapters in internationally recognized textbooks. He has been listed
among the best 2% of scientists in the world. He serves in editorial boards of numerous
journals in different capacities. He is an editorial board member for the latest 2022 WHO
classification on Head and Neck tumours and an expert member for Oral Cancer Prevention
Handbook by IARC. He is also an expert member of International Collaboration for Cancer
Reporting (ICCR).

Lecture : Oral Lesions: White, Red and Mixed
Lesions of the oral mucous membrane can present in different colours. It may vary from
white, red, mixed (red and white), black, grey, brown to blue depending on the disease
entity. This lecture will give a comprehensive account on white, red and mixed lesions in
relation to their clinical features, diagnosis and treatment aspects and prognostic indicators.
It is important to note the fact that this category of lesions range from developmental and
reactive lesions to potentially malignant and malignant disorders. Therefore, it is mandatory
for general dental practitioners to be aware of all these entities and more importantly the
clinical presentation and the features which suggest the need for specialist referral. In
addition, proper understanding of clinic-pathological correlation is a must as it leads to
proper diagnosis and appropriate treatment. The majority of oral potentially malignant
disorders (leukoplakia, erythroleukoplakia, proliferative verrucous leukoplakia, erythroplakia,
lichen planus, lichenoid reactions, graft vs host disease, discoid lupus erythematosus) and
oral cancer present as white, red or red and white mixed lesions. The dental clinicians should
also be aware of the fact that significant number of other lesions such as white spongy
naevus, leukoedema, frictional keratosis, chemical injuries, candidiasis and oral hairy
leukoplakia etc. may pose significant diagnostic dilemmas in the setting of general dental
practice when dealing with white and red lesions. An update on relevant areas on this group
disorders with regards to WHO Classification 2022 on Head and Neck Pathology will also be
included in the lecture.

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