Oral medicine is "the discipline of dentistry concerned with the oral health care of medically complex patients, including the diagnosis and primarily nonsurgical treatment and/or management of medically related conditions affecting the oral and maxillofacial region." In each of these areas, evidence-based medicine has shaped theoretic understanding and clinical practice. The available evidence allows for improved patient management. Further evidence, as it becomes available, should be reviewed on a regular basis to guide our clinical practice.
Keywords: Antibiotic prophylaxis; Evidence-based dentistry; Evidence-based practice; Oral medicine; Oral potentially malignant disorders; Salivary dysfunction; Temporomandibular disorder.
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