Review Paper
Year: 2022 | Month: December | Volume: 12 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 132-135
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20221222
Expanding the Role of Oral Physician in Early Diagnosis of Commonly Occurring Systemic Diseases
Jayraj Malik1, Vaishali Keluskar2, Sulem Ansari3, Anabelle Fernandes4
1BDS, KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences- Belagavi, Karnataka- India
2MDS, KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences- Belagavi, Karnataka- India
3MDS, KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences- Belagavi, Karnataka- India
4BDS, KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences- Belagavi, Karnataka- India
Corresponding Author: Jayraj Malik
ABSTRACT
Dentistry deals with the identification, mitigation, and prevention of diseases of teeth, gums, mouth, and jaw. Dentistry can have an effect on your overall health and for treating patients with chronic diseases and other conditions safely and effectively, dentists need to have a solid knowledge of basic clinical medicine. Dentists should possess the same level of knowledge as physicians in all other branches of medicine due to changes in life expectancy and lifestyles, as well as the rapid advancement of biomedical sciences and help in diagnosing systemic diseases based on oral findings. The present review throws a spotlight on these activities and also suggests some of the measures that can be adopted to modify dental education to turn dentists into oral physicians by early diagnosing of systemic diseases.
Key words: Dentistry, disease, education, physician, primary care