Oral Medicine focuses on nonsurgical management of oral diseases including the management of oral mucosal and salivary gland diseases; (2) temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain; (3) oral complications of systemic disease; and (4) dental management of medically complex patients within its scope of practice

Oral Pathology focuses on the identification and management of diseases of the oral and maxillofacial regions through microscopic, clinical, biochemical or other forms of examination.  Oral Pathology includes histopathologic analysis of tissue samples, the investigation of causes and effects of diseases