ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL PATHOLOGY
A WEBSITE RESOURCE FOR ORAL PATHOLOGY EDUCATION
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology is that branch of the dentistry deals with microscopic investigations for the purpose of specific and final diagnosis. Oral mucosal manifestations may be the initial , most florid clinical feature, or the only sign of such disease and sometimes lesions occur as a part of the systemic manifestation. Hence, it is important to learn about the oral diseases in broader spectrum rather than just oral cavity alone. Diagnosis is the most important step in the treatment planning and also acts a prognostic indicator. As mentioned Oral pathology deals with microscopic investigation which ranges from gold standard hematoxylin and eosin staining method to immunohistochemical, molecular, genetic and biochemical mode of techniques. In depth search of the evidence is the key point of microscopic diagnosis, which is very much essential tool in evidence based dentistry. The tremendous growth in molecular based techniques will facilitate us in understanding disease in terms of mechanism and therapeutic targeted research activities. These new procedures have greatly increased diagnostic accuracy especially in cancer conditions and a variety of microbial diseases. Novel research in Oral pathology continues to identify, characterize, classify disorders of the oral cavity, head and neck pathology which were previously either unrecognized or poorly understood. Further, this molecular research gives the scope of clinical trials and health intervention at different levels of disease.