title: Our challenge in oral pathology.
abstract: Oral pathology started as a specialty during the 1940s. At that time major problems existed in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the oral and facial regions. Today, it is important to be able to distinguish between benign and malignant diseases of the oral and facial regions. The head and neck regions have special embryonic and histogenetic factors that may contribute to diseases not seen elsewhere. This article will discuss the many challenges that face the specialists in oral pathology.
authors: School of Dentistry, University of Alabama, Birmingham.
authors: H M
authors: HM
authors: Fullmer
mesh_terms: D004497:Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D010339:Pathology, Oral / Q000193:education*; D012106:Research; D014481:United States