European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

DIAGONISTICS ADJUNTCS IN ORAL MEDICINE AND RADIOLOGY

*Dr. Shalabh Kaushik

ABSTRACT

Oral medicine is an area of dentistry which is constantly changing. Over the past several years Oral medicine has expanded in both scope and complexity. Oral medicine involves the diagnosis and management of complex diagnostic and medical disorders affecting the mouth and jaws. Current decade has witnessed enormous advances in the diagnostic oral medicine, which have moved from the laboratory to the dental clinics and hospitals. It is important that these advances do not remain as domain of the specialists in this field. Every general dental practitioner should be aware of recent advances in diagnostic oral medicine in order to provide a high level of care. This paper discusses the recent technological advances in the field of oral medicine that have made an impact on clinical dental practice.

Keywords: Chemiluminescence, diagnostic AIDS, oral CDX, oral diagnosis, oral medicine, spectroscopy, recent advances, vital staining.