Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology

Oral Medicine and Radiology is the department which first greets and examines the patient, diagnoses, and formulates a treatment plan for all the patients visiting Goa Dental College and Hospital. A good oral physician requires to be confident, knowledgeable, compassionate, humble, and empathetic. These skills and traits help us in developing a good rapport with patients, which puts the patient at ease and builds patient-doctor trust.

The Oral Medicine & Radiology department is subdivided into three sections:

Oral Medicine is a dental specialty that bridges the traditional areas of health between dentistry and medicine. It is concerned with disorders of the oral and facial region, including orofacial manifestations of systemic diseases. The specialists in this field are empowered to provide care to patients with a wide variety of orofacial conditions, including oral mucosal diseases, orofacial pain syndromes, TM joint disorders, salivary gland disorders, and oral manifestations of systemic diseases. Oral cancer screening and relevant investigations are carried out. The Oral Medicine section is also involved in teaching and research involving orofacial diseases, systemic and behavioral disorders that impact oral health.
The Oral Radiology section deals with the acquisition and interpretation of radiographic imaging studies performed for diagnosis or treatment guidance for conditions affecting the maxillofacial region. The department is equipped with three intra-oral Periapical dental x-ray machines,2 RVGs, one Digital Panoramic (OPG) x-ray machine for extra-oral radiography, and one Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) machine for three-dimensional imaging.
The Forensic Dentistry section deals with age estimation in medico legal cases as well as sports authority cases, Bite-mark Investigations in criminal cases, Identifying Unknown bodies, Facial reconstruction and other cases referred by Forensic Medicine Dept. A dedicated Forensic Dentistry Clinic was inaugurated on 12 March 2016 at the hands of Mr. Sudhir Mahajan, ex-Secretary Health, Goa.

Faculty

Types of Treatments

Academics

Awards