Oral Pathology in India: Current Scenario
and Future Directions

Sundararajan, G.; Muruganandhan, Jayanandan; Raj, A Thirumal

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10015-1480

World Journal of Dentistry

2017

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10015-1480

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Oral Pathology in India: Current Scenario and Future Directions

G. Sundararajan¹,

Jayanandan Muruganandhan²,

A Thirumal Raj³

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“…According to the Dental Council of India (DCI), oral pathology and microbiology are one of the recognized specialties of dentistry [1]. Our aim is to create guidelines, which can ensure prompt and accurate reporting, as well as digitization to minimize errors in the oral pathology laboratory [2]. Laboratory testing is one of the most widely utilized diagnostic procedures to support medical decisions, but there is scarce data demonstrating its' efficacy and impact on health outcomes [3].…”

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“…Oral pathologists are specialized dentists dealing with histopathological and immuno-histochemical diagnosis of biopsy specimens, fine needle aspiration cyto logy, exfoliative cytology, and analysis of biological samples referred for hematology, biochemistry, and microbiology. They correlate histopathological features with clinical and radiological findings, and either directly treat or indirectly guide treatment of patients [2].…”

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The need for the best practices recommendations in the oral pathology laboratory

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An unconventional career path for an oral pathologist

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Jain²,

Mehendiratta³

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Oral pathologists or dentists in general opting for alternate career paths are very common nowadays. Financial security, lesser availability of jobs and work satisfaction are the most commonly observed reasons for this openness to switch career. While there is a multitude of alternate career options available such as medical writing and pharmacovigilance in this review, we aim to give an insight specifically on opportunities available in the medical journals aspect of the publishing industry. Oral pathologists can opt to take this field as a full-time engagement and attain a constant growth in terms of finances, knowledge and personal development. One of the authors has opted for this career path and has provided personal opinions about the scope, opportunities and perks of working in this industry.

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The present and future status of oral and maxillofacial pathology in Iran: A multicenter study

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Tabatabaei

Razavi

et al. 2023

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Background: At present, the status of oral and maxillofacial pathology (OMFP) in the country is not properly good. This study aimed to investigate the current status and develop practical approaches to improve occupational condition of the specialty in the future from the viewpoint of the beneficiaries. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The participants were oral and maxillofacial pathologists of the country (200 individuals), OMFP residents (9 individuals), and final year dental students at six dentistry school of the country at 2020 (200 individuals) through multicenter design. At the first phase, the related questionnaires were developed and assessed psychometrically. Reliability of the questionnaires, internal consistency, and repeatability were computed and confirmed. At the second phase, the survey questionnaires on the current and future condition were sent electronically to the study groups. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistical tests (mean, standard deviation, percentage) and the Pearson test using SPSS. Results: At the first phase, after primary design of the study too, 23 variables with content validity ratio below 0.56 and content validity index (CVI) below 0.79 were omitted. The questionnaire for the specialists was confirmed with Cronbach's alpha of 0.75 and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) as 0.83, and the questionnaire for the students and the residents were confirmed with Cronbach's alpha of 0.95 and ICC of 0.80. Results of the second phase showed that score of tendency of students to select OMFP specialty to continue education was 1.58 ± 0.57 from 5. Satisfaction score of specialists on specialized activity of this specialty is 2.7 ± 1.52 from 5. The most important reason for the students to select this specialty was “interest in being faculty member,” and the “difficulty of the specialty” was the most probable reason for not selecting this specialty. The most important priority of the residents was “interest in specialty” and for the specialists was “being faculty member.” The most important reason to change attitude regarding the specialty by the specialists was mentioned as “high occupational and profession responsibility as well as low income” with the score of 1.38 ± 3.99. “Fundamental revision in the educational curriculum of the specialty” with a score of 4.60 ± 0.93 from 5 was considered as the most important revisionary approach from the viewpoint of specialists. Conclusion: At present, the main problem regarding the OMPF specialty in the country is “high number of graduates and lack of the present occupational opportunities.” Evaluation and validation of the relevant specialized departments, producing occupational opportunities, and fundamental revision in the educational curriculum to train well-powered specialists are necessary.

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Oral Pathology in India: Current Scenario and Future Directions

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The need for the best practices recommendations in the oral pathology laboratory

The need for the best practices recommendations in the oral pathology laboratory

An unconventional career path for an oral pathologist

The present and future status of oral and maxillofacial pathology in Iran: A multicenter study

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