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- Whenever a general dentist encounters evidence of a chronic condition during a routine exam, he or she may remove a portion of the affected tissue and send it to an oral pathologist for further study. It is the job of the oral pathologist to determine if the tissue sample is possibly cancerous or infectious.
- Besides the risk of cancer, patients may face other incapacitating oral conditions such as canker sores, opportunistic infections and ulcerations of the tongue and gums.
- If these conditions cannot not be controlled by standard treatment methods, a general dentist may call in an oral pathologist for more advanced procedures.
- An oral pathologist may choose to specialize in this type of hands-on practice or spend more time in diagnostics and research.