Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology

Oral Pathology

Oral Pathology is a dental discipline with a focus on etiopathogenesis, histopathological changes and diagnostics of dental and oral mucosal diseases as well as the diseases in the jaws.

The teaching is provided both on undergraduate and post-graduate levels.

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Research

The research is both nationally and internationally networked among several medical and dental disciplines.

The focus areas of research cover oral potentially malignant lesions, early diagnostics of oral cancer, natural history of human papillomavirus (HPV) and its role in head and neck carcinogenesis, and cell and tissue adhesion on biomaterials.

The research is part of cancer center of excellence (head and neck cancers) of the Turku University Hospital.

Oral Radiology

Oral radiology is medical imaging of dentition, jaws and surrounding anatomical structures. Radiography is the most commonly used imaging method, magnetic resonance (MRI) and ultrasound are rarely used. Under- and postgraduate teaching focuses on intra- and extraoral radiography, image interpretation and radiation protection.