Definition: A branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the oral and paraoral structures and the oral management of systemic diseases. (Hall, What is Oral Medicine, Anyway? Clinical Update: National Naval Dental Center, March 1991, p7-8)
"a branch of dentistry dealing with dis of the oral & paraoral struct & the oral management of system dis"; SPEC: SPEC qualif; X ref STOMATOLOGY: seen most often in foreign lit: translate as "oral medicine"; "stomatol dis"
See AlsoDentistry; Mouth Diseases; Oral Manifestations
