title: The museum maze in oral pathology demystified-part I.
abstract: Museum technologies provide a wide array of choice of museums to those who wish to exploit technology to attract, excite and ensure an unrivalled visitor experience, as well as capture and sustain share of mind and heart. Museum being a combination of both art and science requires skilled workmanship, meticulous planning and execution to exhibit a specimen to its optimal elegance due to its relatively smaller size and fragile nature. A well established oral pathology museum is rarely seen due to negligence of oral specimens, dearth of knowledge in this field and also available data on it. An insight on oral pathology museum, including its establishment, importance and advanced technologies to make it more simple and accessible are discussed in two parts. Part I emphasizes on basics in oral pathology museum, whereas part II highlights the specialized techniques and recent advances in museum technology. Our effort is to present this article as hands on experience for the pathologists, student population and the technicians.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology, MS Ramaiah Dental College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Phone: +91-8050798169 e-mail: dr.ravipatil@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shankargouda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: Roopa S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Ganavi
mesh_terms: D005085:Exhibitions as Topic; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009144:Museums; D010339:Pathology, Oral; D017751:Safety Management; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D016707:Tissue Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods