Oral medicine or stomatology is the specialty that studies and treats different non-dental medical conditions of the oral cavity: conditions and infections of the oral mucosa and jaws, orofacial pain, and dysfunctions related to the masticatory apparatus.
Care consists of documenting the medical and dental history of the patient, performing a detailed clinical examination of the oral cavity and complementary examinations if necessary: medical imaging, biopsy, biological and bacteriological investigations… to establish the diagnosis.