Thu 14 August 2025 8:30 AM - Fri 15 August 2025 1:30 PM
Basic botulinum toxin and dermal fillers
This two day course includes an anatomical study of all muscles, arteries, veins and nerves of the lower face, applications and techniques for using botulinum toxin in dentistry, as well as an overview of injection techniques and how to deal with complications. It will conclude with a practical, hands-on demonstration of different techniques.
Learning objectives:
- Financial and legal implications of utilising botulinum toxin and intraoral dermal fillers
- Anatomical territories associated with the lower face
- Possible pitfalls and complications
- Applications and techniques for using botulinum toxin
- Alternative treatment modalities for TMDs
- Treatment planning
- Doses and techniques for different procedures.
Presented by Dr Mahmoud Bakr and Dr Mohammed Meer
CPD hours: 10 clinical hours
Registration closes on August 7th, 2025.
No refunds will be issued for cancellations made less than 14 working days prior to the event.
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Schedule
Day 1
Didactic lectures, followed by a quiz about head and neck anatomy, pitfalls and complications.
Day 2
The practical application of the theoretical learnings from the first day. It will involve demonstrations of various different injection techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to practice on silicone manikins that replicate the skin injections.
Speakers
Dr Mahmoud Bakr
Dr Bakr received his Bachelor Degree in Dental Medicine and Surgery from Cairo University in 2004 and completed his Master Degree in 2010. Dr Bakr has a special interest in teaching Oral Biology and Head and Neck Anatomy with over 20 years in academia in Australia as well as overseas. In 2014, Dr Bakr completed a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 2019. Currently, Dr Bakr is an accredited examiner for the Australian Dental Council Examination for overseas training dentists and an approved member of the hearing panel for AHPRA notifications. Besides his teaching commitments, Mahmoud remains to be a clinician practising most aspects of general dentistry with a special interest in management of temporomandibular disorders. He has also published over 55 peer reviewed journal articles in different fields including the effect of Botulinum Toxin on different oral tissues.
Dr Mohammed Meer 
Dr Meer has been involved in clinical teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students in four of the five dental schools in South Africa. He was in private practice at Vincent Pallotti Hospital in Pinelands, Cape Town, and was a consultant at the Department of Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgery of the University of the Western Cape before immigrating to Australia in 2007. In 2012, Mohammed completed a graduate certificate in Higher Education. Dr Meer is registered with Ahpra as a specialist oral surgeon and has a special interest in facial trauma, penetrating knife wound injuries, gunshot wounds, implantology, extra-oral (ear and finger) implants and therapeutic application of injectables in dental practice.
