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IMPT Council 2010 - President

Mr Peter Ramsay-Baggs, MB, BCh, BAO, BDS, FDS RCS(Eng), FFD RCSI, FRCS(Ed)


Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon The Northern Ireland Regional Oral & Maxillofacial Service The Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, BT16 0RF Hospital Appointment Appointed 1st October 1991 Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon to:- The Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, Co. Down. The Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast. Antrim Area Hospital, Antrim, Co. Antrim. Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry, Co.Down. The Ulster Independent Clinic, Belfast. The Duke of Connaught Unit, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast Areas of Clinical interest Maxillofacial trauma and reconstruction 3-D modelling Salivary gland disease Facial assymetry and orthognathic surgery Dental implants Temporomandibular Joint surgery and TMJ arthroscopy Oral malignancy Research & development interests The management of facial fractures, especially orbital floor injuries. The application and design of audit in the management of facial trauma. The development and application of 3D modelling (stereolithography and FDM) techniques to the diagnosis and treatment of facial injuries and for acquired and congenital abnormalities of the head and neck region. The development of a simple device for the variable immobilisation of fractured jaws available from Down’s Surgical. Production of a retractor for use in treatment of fractured condyles. Ongoing Projects A study of facial fracture management in Northern Ireland, with the development of a database. It is hoped to extend this to a prospective, randomised trial of different treatment protocols. The production of a teaching video on sialography. 3D modelling techniques – further development with dept of medical physics. Publications Newlands C, Ramsay Baggs P, Kendrick R Orbital trauma: Antibiotic prophylaxis needs to be given only in certain circumstances. BMJ 1999 21 August;319:516 (Letter) Ramsay-Baggs P & Johnston, D Smoking: an additional risk factor for miniplate infection?. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, accepted & in press Ramsay-Baggs P Rationing. Introduce new category of prescription charges, "full cost medicines". BMJ. 1998 Nov 28;317(7171):1527 (Letter) Craniofacial abnormalities. - Chapter 16 in Scott Brownes' Otorhinolaryngology (Published Spring 1997.) Campbell WI, Ramsay-Baggs P, Kendrick RW et al The effect of pre-operative administration of bupivacaine compared with its postoperative use. Anaesthesia. 1997 Dec; 52(12): 1212-1216. Napier SS, Ramsay-Baggs P, et al *Adenosquamous carcinoma. A rare neoplasm with an aggressive course.* Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 1995 May; 79(5): 607-611. Gorman DR, Ramsay-Baggs P, et al Junior medical posts in the NHSSB: what the doctors think. Ulster Med J. 1992 Apr; 61(1): 35-38. Ramsay-Baggs P A new slant on an old view - the rotated 15 OM view British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, June 1990; 28 (3): 207-209 Ramsay-Baggs P A self retaining apicectomy retractor. Journal of Restorative Dentistry, August 1989; 5 (3) 66-67 Ramsay-Baggs P Hooked! - The IMF hook; a versatile alternative to the eyelet wire. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, in press (delayed for commercial reasons) Ramsay-Baggs P The Management of Shotgun Injuries to the face, with a note on experience in Northern Ireland. (Submitted to British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) Ramsay-Baggs P Fluoroscopic Sialography. (Submitted to British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) Papers in preparation:- Alcohol, socio-economic factors and facial injuries Stereolithography - 3D models for maxillofacial surgery Implant materials used in the fixation of maxillofacial injuries: caution required? Smoking:- an independent factor in infection following treatment of facial fractures with miniplates. (accepted for publication in the BJOMFS) Orbital trauma & antibiotic prophylaxis – UK consultants prescribing patterns and rationale Retained foreign body – a previously unreported complication of tongue piercing A clinically based classification of mid 1/3 facial fractures Fused deposition modelling – a new technique for modelling in maxillofacial surgery		President Mr Peter Ramsay-Baggs

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