Dental School Clinics - Oral Medicine

What is Oral Medicine?

Oral Medicine brings the foundational knowledge of Medicine into Dentistry. Oral Medicine is the specialty of dentistry concerned with the oral health care of medically complex patients and with the diagnosis and non-surgical management of medically-related disorders or conditions affecting the oral and maxillofacial region. Oral Medicine trained clinicians work closely with other medical and dental specialties to provide the best quality of care using a multidisciplinary approach.

The Penn Dental Medicine Oral Medicine Clinic

The Oral Medicine clinic at the Robert Schattner Center is staffed by experienced practitioners who provide treatment for the following conditions:

• Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD)
• Oral lesion consultation
• Headache and facial pain                                                     
• Salivary gland dysfunction
• Atypical odontalgia                                                               
• Burning mouth syndrome
  
  

 

 

 

 

 

In addition, dental care is provided for patients with diverse medical complexities including:

• Prechemotherapy / radiation evaluation                            
• Cardiovascular disease
• Post organ transplantation management                            
• Special needs
• Hepatic, lung, or kidney disease                                       
• Hemophilia and other coagulation abnormalities
• Autoimmune disorders                                                         
• Endocrine disorders

Attending Staff:

• Andres Pinto, DMD (Director)                                             
• Natasha Bramley, DMD
• Jason Goodchild, DMD
• Chinchai Hsiao, DMD
• Gary Kaplowitz, DDS
• Paul Yu, DMD

Oral Medicine Clinic Cases
If you would like to see the Oral Medcine case discussions, please contact Dr. Andres Pinto.