Oral Radiology

Clinical Research

The Discipline of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology is actively involved in clinical and educational research activities. The identification and visualization of characteristic features of disease on both plain and advanced imaging is an area of constantly active research interest. Through our education research efforts, we are exploring the importance of characteristic feature identification on images with interpretation accuracy, particularly at the undergraduate level. Finally, the faculty are identifying the best and most effective strategies of delivering curriculum content to undergraduate dental students using web-based platforms.

Graduate Specialty Programs

The graduate program in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, established in 1965, stresses the importance of the design and analysis of imaging examinations as they pertain to the interpretation of abnormalities of the craniofacial region. The clinical program provides extensive experience in intra- and extra-oral radiography, sialography, medical and cone beam computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear medicine through patient contact in the Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology clinic in the Faculty of Dentistry or in one of the associated teaching hospitals. Through formal didactic courses and seminars, the program emphasizes the impact that pathologic processes play in the appearances of diseases depicted on radiologic images. Radiology rounds conducted with medical radiology residents highlight the use of advanced imaging in the interpretation of abnormalities of the head and neck. Radiation biology and physics, biostatistics and epidemiology, disorders of the temporomandibular joints and experience in undergraduate teaching are also integral components of the program. An M.Sc. degree is also completed as part of the program, and this involves the identification of a basic scientific, clinical or educational research topic identified by the resident as an area of interest. The research project is further refined in collaboration with a faculty member, and the work is examined in the form of a written thesis and oral defence.

Successful completion of the program entitles the student to challenge both the National Dental Specialty Examination administered by the Royal College of Dentists of Canada, leading to Fellowship in the College, and the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology examination.

Faculty Profiles

• Barlow, W. Ross
• Cash, Mindy
• Lam, Ernest
• Lee, Linda
• Pharoah, Michael J.
• Wood, Robert E. (Bob)