Oral Medicine Faculty Practice

The UCLA Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine Faculty Practice offers diagnostic and treatment expertise by world renowned faculty and expert clinicians, who provide comprehensive evaluation and management for a wide range of oral soft tissue diseases.

Diagnostic services (tissue biopsy, imaging, clinical laboratory tests) and treatment modalities (medical and surgical) are available for mucocutaneous and immunologic disorders such as pemphigus, pemphigoid, lichen planus and erythema multiforme, precancerous conditions like erythroplakia, leukoplakia and dysplasia, pigmented and reactive oral abnormalities, burning mouth syndrome, xerostomia, altered taste, salivary gland disorders as well as oral manifestations of systemic conditions and oral complications of HIV infection and chemo/radiotherapy. Our philosophy towards patient care consists of an evidence-based approach and the use of the latest scientific knowledge and technology available in the field.

Services include:

• Diagnostic Services

• Soft Tissue Diseases

• Immunologic Disorders

• Mucocutaneous Disorders

• Oral Complications of Systemic Diseases

• Burning Mouth Syndrome

• Salivary Gland Disorders and Xerostomia

• Altered Taste