{"id":293,"date":"2018-04-05T09:50:18","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T09:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/dental\/?page_id=293"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:27:33","slug":"oral-medicine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/dental\/about\/referral-information-for-dental-practitioners\/oral-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>What is Oral Medicine?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oral medicine is concerned with the health care of acute and chronic, medically related disorders of the oral and maxillofacial region. The specialty is concerned with diagnosis and medical management of these conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Referrals are welcome for patients with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Red and white oral patches where cancer is not suspected.<\/li>\n<li>Pigmented oral lesions<\/li>\n<li>Oral lumps<\/li>\n<li>Oral ulcers<\/li>\n<li>Infections in the oral cavity<\/li>\n<li>Oral manifestations of systemic disease<\/li>\n<li>A dry mouth<\/li>\n<li>Oro-facial pain of non-dental origin. In patients with oro-facial pain, always try to exclude dental causes prior to referral wherever possible<\/li>\n<li>Precancerous oral lesions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Refer via the online dental referrals website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dental-referrals.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.dental-referrals.org<\/a><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]What is Oral Medicine? 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