title: The museum maze in oral pathology demystifed: part II.
abstract: Museum technology is perpetually changing due to current requirements and added inventions for our comfort and furbished display of specimens. Hence numerous methods of specimen preservation have been put on trial by diverse people in the medical feld as are the inventions. But only few have caught people's interest and are popularized today. This part provides unique insights into specialized custom-made techniques, evolution of recent advances like plastination and virtual museum that have popularized as visual delights. Plastination gives handy, perennial life-like acrylic specimens, whereas virtual museum takes museum feld to the electronic era making use of computers and virtual environment.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology, MS Ramaiah Dental College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Phone:+918050798169 email: dr.ravipatil@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shankargouda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Oral Pathology, MS Ramaiah Dental College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Roopa S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Student, Department of Oral Pathology, MS Ramaiah Dental College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Bs
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ganavi
mesh_terms: D019992:Databases as Topic; D016591:Histocytological Preparation Techniques / Q000379:methods; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D009144:Museums; D010339:Pathology, Oral; D011108:Polymers; D012828:Silicones; D016707:Tissue Fixation / Q000379:methods; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D012828:Silicones