DEPARTMENT OF ORAL MEDICINE

Dr. Arsalan Khalid

BDS, MCPS

Assistant Professor

Head of Oral Medicine

OVERVIEW

The subject of Oral Medicine & Diagnosis is taught in Third Professional year of BDS which includes lectures, tutorials and clinical rotations in clinics of Oral Medicine at Bahria University Dental Hospital.

The subject is concerned mainly with diagnosis and treatment planning pertaining to the field of dentistry. A thorough medical and dental history, comprehensive extra and intraoral examination, requesting and interpretation of relevant investigations, followed by accurate diagnosis and developing a logical treatment plan based on the patient’s needs are the main tasks. The goal is to obtain vital information on patient’s medical and oral status, differentiation between normal and pathological or potentially pathological conditions to promote accurate diagnosis and their early management.

Additionally, the subject also focuses on diagnosis and medical/non-surgical management of various disorders involving oral and perioral structures including soft tissue diseases, Orofacial pain disorders, Temporomandibular joint dysfunction, salivary gland diseases and oral manifestations of systemic disease.

DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES

Workshop on Hypertensive Disorders & its Relevance to Dental Practice

Table Clinic Organized by Department of Operative Dentistry

The Department of Periodontology on 30th of May 2024, organized a Guest Speaker Session under the supervision of Head of Department, Prof Dr. Farzeen Tanwir, who invited Prof. Dr. Dinaz Ghandhi, Head of the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery at Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine. She spoke on the topic “Management of needle stick injury and Hepatitis B & C and HIV infections in relation to dentistry”. It was attended by 3rd & 4th year BDS.