Oral Medicine

Ann Ljungman, DDS., Specialist consultant in Hospital Dentistry.

Oral medicine deals with the association between diseases and malfunctions and concomitant changes in the oral cavity. There is an array of such changes including infections, benign tumours, malignant tumors and its precursor stages, allergic or hypersensitivity changes, oral manifestations of skin diseases and tongue lesions and others.

Examination and treatment are frequently performed in close cooperation with other specialities within the medical profession.

Treatment of patients in the field of oral medicine (PDF-dokument, 474 kB)