ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL PATHOLOGY
Sadru Kabani, BDS, MS, DMD, Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
George Gallagher, DMD, DMSc, Program Director
Oral and maxillofacial pathology is the specialty of dentistry and pathology that deals with the nature, identification, and management of diseases affecting the oral and maxillofacial region. The Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology offers an integrated curriculum of clinical and laboratory training, basic science courses, and seminars leading to a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and a Master of Science in Dentistry in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.
Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
The curriculum for the CAGS in oral and maxillofacial pathology is structured to meet the accreditation standards for advanced specialty education programs in oral and maxillofacial pathology of the American Dental Association’s Commission on Dental Accreditation.
The primary goal of the CAGS in oral and maxillofacial pathology is to prepare dentists to become specialists who are proficient in providing oral pathology services to the community and profession. The program provides the formal educational requirements for the examinations of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.
The CAGS in oral and maxillofacial pathology is a 36-month, university-based postgraduate program. In addition to coursework and clinical training at the School of Dental Medicine, the trainee will work with licensed pathologists in the School of Dental Medicine’s oral and maxillofacial pathology biopsy service. The service processes more than 6,000 biopsies each year. The student will also gain experience in general pathology, autopsy pathology, exfoliative cytology fine-needle aspiration cytology, and laboratory medicine in the Mallory Institute of Pathology at Boston Medical Center.
Curriculum
Year 1
GMS PA 500 Introduction to Pathology and Pathophysiology of Disease 4 cr, 2nd sem.
SDM PA 803 Histology Review 4cr, 1st sem.
SDM PA 811, 812 Microscopic Interpretation 4cr, 1st and 2nd sem.
SDM OS 831 Head and Neck Anatomy 1 cr, 1st sem.
SDM OB 763 Basic Processes in Oral Biology 4 cr, 1st and 2nd sem.
SDM PA 805, 806 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Literature Review 2 cr, 1st and 2nd sem.
SDM PA 881, 882 Diagnostic Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology 6 cr, 1st and 2nd sem.
SDM PH 803 Biostatistics 2 cr, 1st sem.
SDM PH 831 Presentation Skills 2 cr, 2nd sem.
Year 2
Students rotate through Mallory Institute of Pathology for General Surgical Pathology, Autopsy Pathology, Cytology and Clinical Pathology
SDM PA 883, 884 Diagnostic Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology 6 cr, 1st and 2nd sem.
Year 3
GMS MM 703 Cancer Biology 2 cr, 1st sem.
SDM OD 801 Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology 2 cr, 1st sem.
SDM PA 813, 814 Microscopic Interpretation 4 cr, 1st and 2nd sem.
SDM PA 815, 816 Clinical/Radiographic/Microscopic Sessions 4 cr, 1st and 2nd sem.
SDM PA 885, 886 Diagnostic Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology 6 cr, 1st and 2nd sem.
SDM PA 809, 810 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Literature Review 2 cr, 1st and 2nd sem.
SDM PA 801 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology 2 cr, 2nd sem.
SDM PH 763 Bioethics and Law 1 cr, 2nd sem.
SDM OB 761 Oral Microbiology 1 cr, 2nd sem.
SDM OB 767 Oral Immunology 1 cr, 2nd sem.
SDM PE 827 Applied Pharmacology 1 cr, 2nd sem.
Master of Science in Dentistry in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
The MSD program requires a minimum of one year in addition to the time commitment for the CAGS in oral and maxillofacial pathology and entails a research project, thesis, and thesis defense.
Curriculum
GMS BI 751 Biochemistry 6 cr, 1st sem.
GMS PA 510 Medical Immunology 2 cr, 2nd sem.
GMS BY 772 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Biology and Biochemistry 2 cr, 2nd sem.
SDM OB 830 Research Writing 2 cr, 1st sem.
SDM PE 830 Oral Medicine 1 cr, 2nd sem.
SDM PA 991 Research: Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. 4 cr, 1st and 2nd sem.
