Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi

The cornerstone of any healthcare expertise is the ability to diagnose. Diagnosis and a holistic treatment plan play an important role in providing relief to an ailing patient. Oral medicine is the specialty concerned with diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disorders and pathologies of the oral and maxillofacial region, including orofacial manifestations of systemic diseases. As most of the times symptoms of many systemic diseases involve the oral region, an Oral medicine and radiology specialist might be the first person to give the patient a hint of his systemic illness. In recent times the increased usage of low level lasers, ultrasonic therapy and TENS for various oral and TMJ conditions have paved the way for a good oral healthcare to the patients.

Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology is the specialty of dentistry and discipline of radiology concerned with production and interpretation of images and data produced by all modalities of radiant energy that are used for the diagnosis and management of diseases, disorders and conditions of the oral and maxillofacial region. Recent advances in imaging science have enabled dentists to provide much better diagnostic services to their patients with a minimum of radiation exposure using modalities that were unknown a generation ago. Digital imaging, CT, MRI, CBCT and other techniques are now part of the armamentarium of the dentist, largely through the work of oral and maxillofacial radiologists