Department of Oral
Medicine & Radiology
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology is a unique amalgamation of
Oral Medicine and Radiology. It acts as a bridge between dentistry and medicine. It provides
specialized training in clinical care for managing head and neck medical diseases. As the
old medical acronym goes; “Oral cavity is the mirror of all systemic diseases”, thus
reflecting the earliest evidences of systemic pathologies and Oral Physicians play a major
role in identifying these symptoms, managing these conditions to give a better prognosis.
Conditions managed in Oral Medicine Department are often long standing
and have a significant psychological, as well as physical impact on the patient’s quality of
life. Some of these conditions are directly linked to the systemic state, and in such
scenarios the oral medicine specialist works as part of a multi-disciplinary patient care
team. Masters in Oral Medicine also enables a clinician to be well versed to manage
medically compromised patients.
Specialization in the department of Oral Medicine and Radiology enables
one to deal with patients and provide care as well as management to the patients• Post
graduates in the department learn to diagnose and manage conditions such as: Orofacial pain
which is a multifactorial pathology and needs expertise to reach to the root cause and
manage it efficiently. Another critical area that demands proficiency is diagnosis and
treatment of Temporomandibular joint disorders. Owing to its complex anatomy, a thorough
understanding of the basic concepts become mandatory for efficiently managing patients
having chronic pain and specialists from OMDR excels in this arena.
Similarly, the cases of vesiculobullous lesions, autoimmune disorders as well as
pre-malignant lesions and conditions demands early diagnosis, in-depth investigations and
pharmacological management which is dealt in the department.
Oral cancer is the third most common cancers in India and role of oral
physician in diagnosis such cases is critical. From initial stages to final stage of oral
cancer is dealt in the OMDR department with excellence. Managing complications of
radiotherapy treatment is also done as well as post graduates are trained to skillfully deal
with geriatric and medically compromised patients.
