Oral Medicine

Oral Medicine is a specialty of dentistry concerned with the oral health care of patients with chronic recurrent and medically related disorders of the oral and maxillofacial region, and with their diagnosis and non-surgical management.

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons see and treat the the oral manifestations of systemic disease. It is important to treat these conditions in a multidisciplinary manner and liase with other colleagues such as ophthalmologists, gastroenterologists and rheumatologists as well as oral medicine consultants as necessary for specialist advice. .

Below are some of the typical conditions which may be diagnosed by Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons:

• Mucosal cancers and pre-cancers
• Recurrent aphthous stomatitis
• Mucocutaneous disease
• Lichen planus
• Lichenoid reaction
• Pemphigus
• Pemphigoid
• Lupus
• Erythema multiforme
• Salivary gland disease
• Dry mouth including Sjögren's syndrome
• Systemic illness with salivary gland involvement
• Acute and chronic sialadenitis
• Sialosis
• Gastrointestinal disease
• Crohn's disease
• Coeliac disease
• Ulcerative colitis
• Infectious diseases
• Candida
• Herpes simplex viruses
• HIV
• HPV
• Tuberculosis
• Syphilis
• Chronic orofacial pain and dysaesthesias
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Burning mouth syndrome
• Atypical facial pain
• Atypical odontalgia
• Jaw joint and muscle pain
• Orofacial granulomatosis
• Angioedema
• Behçet's disease