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Chris is a leading Maxillofacial Prosthodontist based at University Hospital Aintree, one of the largest Head & Neck Cancer centres in Europe. Since his appointment back in 2003, he has built a reputation for innovative care in the field of oral & facial rehabilitation. Chris has been in post since 2003 as the Consultant Maxillofacial Prosthodontist based between the Regional Maxillofacial Unit at University Hospital Aintree and the Liverpool University Dental Hospital. He is the lead clinician for dental implant treatment at the Dental Hospital and also leads the prosthetic rehabilitation service in Merseyside for the oral & facial rehabilitation of head and neck cancer patients. He has extensive experience in the prosthetic planning, surgical placement and restoration of osseointegrated dental implants and has pioneered the placement of zygomatic implants in Merseyside. He has a national reputation in the prosthetic rehabilitation of oral cancer patients and was the youngest national president of the British Society of Prosthodontics in 2011/12. He is interested in the use of computerized dental implant planning techniques for complex cases, the use of zygomatic implants, surgical tailoring of intra-oral free flaps and in quality of life outcomes following osseointegrated implant treatment. He is actively involved in head & neck cancer research and is co-investigator on the HOPON trial looking at the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen in the prevention of Osteoradionecrosis following surgery in the irradiated mandible.
Chris has authored over 40 scientific papers, several textbook chapters and is the lead author on the restorative guidelines for UK based head & neck cancer patients. His work on the use of zygomatic implants in head & neck cancer patients was recently recognised at the Academy of Osseointegration 2017 meeting in Orlando where he was awarded the Best Oral Clinical Research Presentation Award for his presentation “Primary vs Secondary Zygomatic Implant Placement In Head And Neck Cancer Patients – A 10 Year Prospective Study”.
Chris has authored over 40 scientific papers, several textbook chapters and is the lead author on the restorative guidelines for UK based head & neck cancer patients. His work on the use of zygomatic implants in head & neck cancer patients was recently recognised at the Academy of Osseointegration 2017 meeting in Orlando where he was awarded the Best Oral Clinical Research Presentation Award for his presentation “Primary vs Secondary Zygomatic Implant Placement In Head And Neck Cancer Patients – A 10 Year Prospective Study”.
BDS MBChB (Hons) FSD RCS (Eng), FRCS (Eng) FRCS (Max) MD
In January 1999 Simon was appointed Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon at the University Hospital Aintree and Honorary Reader, University of Liverpool. He is part of the multidisciplinary head and neck team and specialises in oral and oropharyngeal cancer and microvascular free tissue reconstruction. He has an interest is in health related quality of life (HRQOL) following oral cancer. He was awarded a Hunterian Professorship from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2002 for his research into the relationship between function and quality of life following primary surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer. He has several ongoing HRQOL studies, has published widely on this topic, and has been invited to speaker at many national and international scientific meeting. In 2003 and again in 2007 he was invited to join the National Cancer Research Network (NCRN) Head and Neck cancer Clinical Studies Group. He has organised several courses, notably an International HRQOL workshop hosted at Liverpool, the most recent held in November 2008.
In 2005 he was awarded the BAOMS Surgery Prize (Citation BJOMS 2005; 43:374) and in 2009 gave the BAHNO Nunn Lecture.
Simon was given a Personal Chair from Edge Hill University (EHU) in April 2007. He is involved in the Faculty of Health at EHU as part of the newly founded Evidence-based Practice Research Centre (EPRC). The Unit building is located on the University Hospital Aintree site. The EPRC brings together a number of highly experienced and enthusiastic researchers, building a team of dedicated research and administrative staff with a strong experience in research with track records in delivering high quality projects. We are actively seeking multidisciplinary collaborative partners locally, nationally and internationally. The EPRC is primarly concerned with clinically-based research including investigations into chronic diseases, quality of life, and supportive and palliative care, Health and social care professional education with a particular interest in practice-based investigations, and Health services research incorporating the use of evaluative research methodologies.
In January 1999 Simon was appointed Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon at the University Hospital Aintree and Honorary Reader, University of Liverpool. He is part of the multidisciplinary head and neck team and specialises in oral and oropharyngeal cancer and microvascular free tissue reconstruction. He has an interest is in health related quality of life (HRQOL) following oral cancer. He was awarded a Hunterian Professorship from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2002 for his research into the relationship between function and quality of life following primary surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer. He has several ongoing HRQOL studies, has published widely on this topic, and has been invited to speaker at many national and international scientific meeting. In 2003 and again in 2007 he was invited to join the National Cancer Research Network (NCRN) Head and Neck cancer Clinical Studies Group. He has organised several courses, notably an International HRQOL workshop hosted at Liverpool, the most recent held in November 2008.
In 2005 he was awarded the BAOMS Surgery Prize (Citation BJOMS 2005; 43:374) and in 2009 gave the BAHNO Nunn Lecture.
Simon was given a Personal Chair from Edge Hill University (EHU) in April 2007. He is involved in the Faculty of Health at EHU as part of the newly founded Evidence-based Practice Research Centre (EPRC). The Unit building is located on the University Hospital Aintree site. The EPRC brings together a number of highly experienced and enthusiastic researchers, building a team of dedicated research and administrative staff with a strong experience in research with track records in delivering high quality projects. We are actively seeking multidisciplinary collaborative partners locally, nationally and internationally. The EPRC is primarly concerned with clinically-based research including investigations into chronic diseases, quality of life, and supportive and palliative care, Health and social care professional education with a particular interest in practice-based investigations, and Health services research incorporating the use of evaluative research methodologies.
Invited International Faculty
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Dr Claudio BrennerSpecialist Maxillofacial Prosthodontist,
Foundation for Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, Orema Clinic, Santiago, Chile. www.orema.cl |
- Dr. Brenner received his DDS degree from Universidad de Chile in 1996
- He then completed his Master of Science in Prosthetic Dentistry in the University of London, in 1998.
- In 2005, Dr. Brenner obtained his Master in Osseointegrated Implantology,(Surgery) at the Universidad de Andrés Bello Chile, with distinction.
- He is Assistant Professor at the Universidad de Andrés Bello Chile and former Director of the Master in Osseointegrated Implantology (Surgery).
- Since 1998, Dr. Brenner has worked at the Branemark Osseointegration Center Chile, as full time surgeon.
- 2011 started the Foundation for Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, and institution that focuses in the rehabilitation of Head & Neck cancer patients, cleft patients and trauma patients.
- Dr Brenner is the director and owner of The Orema Clinic a private hospital that sustains the facility for the Orema Foundation since 2014.
- Dr. Brenner has published national and international articles, as well as chapters in prestigious publications, together with other renowned colleagues.
- He lectures extensively on implants, immediate loading and extremely resorbed cases.
- He is member of the Chilean Academy of Osseointegration and the Chilean Oral Implantology Society
- Member of International Society for Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, where he served as secretary 2010 - 2017
I have been involved with implants since 1998. I have a special interest in full arch, immediate placement, immediate loading and complex cases. My personal track has over 30.000 implants installed in all possible combinations. I started to use zygomatic implants in 2002 for severely resorbed cases in combination with grafts, conventional implants and quads. All that cumulate experience opened the door for oncology patients in the Orema Foundation in close cooperation with the national cancer institute where I became member of the Head & Neck Surgery department of National Cancer Institute- Chile in 2014 . We have developed for these patients a protocol that combines microvascular flaps and osseointegrated implants aiming for a functional reconstruction/ rehabilitation addressing mastication , swallowing, speech, psychological comfort and social reinsertion. The types of flaps used depend on the extension of the resection among others. Routinely we use the forearm flap combined with oncology implants, but also fibula flap, scapular flap, tight flap and dorsal flap depending on the situation.