Role of the oral pathologists in various lab investigations - A Brief Review

Abstract

Oral pathology is a lesser-known branch of dentistry amongst healthcare providers and patients. Oral pathologist tremendously contributes towards the diagnosis of the oral lesions as they are responsible for critical analysis of the patients thorough clinical, radiological and histopathological examination. They also focus more wisely on etiopathogenesis of the disease to find out the hidden root cause of the patient suffering, which could be local or systemic. Therefore, this is a short review article to create the awareness of oral pathology services to general public and to all health care providers. Keywords- oral pathology, specialty, services, histopathology. subject