Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine
Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Imaging (OPOMI)
The department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Imaging is engaged in teaching, research and clinical services in oral pathology, oral medicine and maxillofacial imaging and oral diagnosis.
The department runs two postgraduate specialization programs in oral pathology and oral medicine, which are recognized by the scientific committee of the Israeli Dental Association and the Israeli Ministry of Health.
Teaching Activities
The teaching activity of the department of OPOMI includes dental students in both pre-clinical and clinical stages, as well as residents in the oral pathology and oral medicine speciality programs.
Clinical Services for the Public
The OPOMI department operates several dedicated clinics for the benefit of the school’s patients and the general public, offering diagnostic and treatment possibilities in various fields of oral medicine, as well as a biopsy service specializing in diagnosis of pathologies in the head and neck area.
Contact information for the oral medicine clinics
03-6409857, Sun-Thurs, 8:30-13:00, and for the oral pathology laboratory 03-6407907
Email: dento1@tauex.tau.ac.il, for the pathology lab: oralp@tauex.tau.ac.il
Head of Department: Prof. Ilana Kaplan, email: dr.ilanakaplan@gmail.com
Coordinator of Department: Dr. Ayelet Zlotogorski-Hurvitz, email: ayelet.zlotogorski@gmail.com
Members of the Department are involved with clinical, histopathologic and basic research in the fields of basic and applied research activities, including diseases and tumors of oral mucosa, diseases and tumors of salivary glands, oral cancer, odontogenic cysts and tumors of the jaws, forensic odontology, oral pigmentation, collagen histochemistry and pathology, candidiasis of the oral mucosa, oral carcinogenesis, morphology of salivary glands with aging, salivary gland dysfunction, xerostomia, oral manifestations in cancer therapy, saliva and its interrelation with dental appliances; geriatric dentistry, dental treatment planning, oral manifestations of systemic diseases, etiology and epidemiology of oral cancer, treatment of stomatopyrosis, dental treatment in medically compromised patients, occupational hazards in dentistry, diagnostic radiology, improvement of diagnostic techniques in oral radiology, quality assurance in oral radiology, anatomic variations in structures of the oral cavity, and dental anthropology.
Details of the research activities are found under the names of the senior members of the Department of OPOMI.
