Oral Medicine and Radiology
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 facets 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.