Oral medicine

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Oral medicine is the dental speciality placed at the interface between both medicine and dentistry. It is concerned with diagnosis and non-surgical management of medical pathology affecting the oral and maxillofacial region.

The main aspects of Oral Medicine are:

Clinical care

Research

Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching

Many Oral Medicine specialists have dual qualification with both medical and dental degrees. The speciality is relatively small and can be considered for the large part a tertiary referral service. Currently there are 15 units in the United Kingdom, mainly based within the dental teaching hospitals with 32 Consultants at present.

[edit] Resources

• The British Society for Oral Medicine
• American Academy of Oral Medicine
• Oral Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand
• The International Academy of Oral Medicine
• The European Association of Oral Medicine