Dental pathology

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Dental pathologists are doctors of dental science who specialise in the diagnosis and characterization of diseases of the teeth, jaw, and maxilla through the examination of tissue specimens.

v t e Medicine: Pathology

Principles of pathology	Disease Infection Neoplasia Hemodynamics Ischemia Inflammation Wound healing Cell death Necrosis Liquefactive necrosis Coagulative necrosis Caseous necrosis Fat necrosis Apoptosis Pyknosis Karyorrhexis Karyolysis Cellular adaptation Atrophy Hypertrophy Hyperplasia Dysplasia Metaplasia Squamous Glandular Accumulations: pigment Hemosiderin Lipochrome/Lipofuscin Melanin Steatosis

Anatomical pathology	Surgical pathology Cytopathology Autopsy Molecular pathology Forensic pathology Dental pathology Gross examination Histopathology Immunohistochemistry Electron microscopy Immunofluorescence Fluorescent in situ hybridization

Clinical pathology	Clinical chemistry Hematopathology Transfusion medicine Medical microbiology Diagnostic immunology Immunopathology Enzyme assay Mass spectrometry Chromatography Flow cytometry Blood bank Microbiological culture Serology

Specific conditions	Myocardial infarction

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