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Overview
Oral medicine is a branch of dentistry placed at the interface between medicine and dentistry.
Oral medicine is concerned with clinical diagnosis and non-surgical management of non-dental pathologies affecting the oral and maxillofacial region. Moreover, it involves the diagnosis and follow-up of pre-malignant lesions of the oral cavity, chronic and acute pain. Another aspect of the field is managing the dental and oral condition of medically compromised patients.
Department Activities
Department of Oral Medicine has three main goals:
A. Education: We provide a basic and advanced education for under and post graduate dentistry students.
B. Research: we prepare and submit under and post-graduate thesis based on the researches.
C. Treatment: the department of Oral medicine is concerned with clinical diagnosis and non-surgical management of non-dental pathologies affecting the oral and maxillofacial region. Moreover, it involves the diagnosis and follow-up of pre-malignant lesions of the oral cavity, chronic and acute pain. Another aspect of the field is managing the dental and oral condition of medically compromised patients.
Faculty Members
Dr. Sara Pourshahidi, DDS, MSc
Head
E-mail: sarapourshahidi20@hotmail.com
Dr. Nafiseh Sheikhbahaie, DDS, MSc
Vice-Head for Educational Affairs
E-mail: nsheykhbahaei@tums.ac.ir
Dr. Maryam Koopaie, DDS, MSc
Vice-Head for Research
E-mail: m-koopaie@tums.ac.ir
Dr. Arash Mansourian, DDS, MSc
Post-graduate Director
E-mail: m-koopaie@tums.ac.ir
Dr. Arghavan Tonkaboni, DDS, MSc
Vice-Head for International Affairs
E-mail: a-tonkaboni@tums.ac.ir
Dr. Farzaneh Aghahoseini, DDS, MSc
Fellowship Director
E-mail: aghahose@tums.ac.ir
Dr. Mahdieh-Sadat Moosavi, DDS, MSc
E-mail: ms-moosavi@tums.ac.ir
Dr. Mina Khayamzadeh, DDS, MSc
E-mail: mkhayamzadeh@tums.ac.ir
Dr. Shiva Shirazian, DDS, MSc
E-mail: shiraziansh@tums.ac.ir
Dr. Soheila Manifar, DDS, MSc
E-mail: smanifar@tums.ac.ir
Dr. Narges Gholizadeh, DDS, MSc
E-mail: n-gholizadeh@tums.ac.ir
Dr. Shamsolmolouk Najafi, DDS, MSc
E-mail: najafi_sh@tums.ac.ir
Contact Person for International Affairs
Dr. Arghavan Tonkaboni
Vice-Head for International Affairs
E-mail: a-tonkaboni@tums.ac.ir
Tel: (+ 98 21) 427 94 204
All interested applicants are welcome to apply to TUMS by completing and submitting TUMS online application form in which they need to specify their school, level, and major of interest.