Oral Diagnostics Branch

Head of branch Assist. Prof. Raeda Nouri Hamed 

The branch includes the following sub-branches : 

Oral medicine,  Oral pathology, Oral     histology, General    pathology Oral radiology and Embryology and periodontics. It is responsible for educating dental students and training them to provide patient dental care related to periodontal diseases during the last two years of study the fourth and fifth. It plays an important role in maintaining oral health and treating periodontal diseases to prevent tooth loss and improve the quality of life for patients based on theoretical bases.

The Oral Diagnosis branch plays an essential role in educating dental students about the diagnostic    process and the use of diagnostic tools. They are responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, and management of various oral and dental conditions. 

The branch’s main objective is to evaluate the oral health status of patients and determine the most appropriate treatment  options  based  on  their  individual   needs.

Duties

The branch of Oral Diagnosis comprises several sub-branches and each  one is responsible for teaching certain subjects, as follows:

·Oral medicine is specialized in giving lectures and clinical training for fifth-grade students about diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of different conditions and syndromes that affect the oral cavity and temporomandibular joint.

·Oral pathology is dedicated to teaching the histopathological nature of oral diseases and syndromes for the fourth grade and training the students on how to diagnose these conditions microscopically. In addition, the department is proud of having the only dedicated lab for diagnostic services in Iraq that offers these services to referred patients from other hospitals and clinics.

·Oral Radiology: it gives lectures for the third grade and the topics start with physics and hazards of radiation then how to differentiate different oral conditions in different diagnostic radiographs . This is accompanied by practical training for the students in the clinics of the department.

·General pathology gives lectures about the histopathological features of different conditions that affect body organs.

·Oral histology specialized in teaching the histology of oral tissues in health and diseases.

·Embryology dedicated to teaching the embryonic development of oral tissues in particular and body tissues in general.

·Different topics about periodontal disease diagnosis, prevention, and treatment in addition to periodontal aspects of dental implant and maintenance are given to the fourth and fifth grades, this is associated with clinical training.

Treatments

The treatment, depending on the case, starts  with  giving  oral  hygiene  instruction,  scaling and   root   planning   ending   with   a    different    range   of    surgicalinterventions with or without regenerative therapy.