Clinical Updates on Oral Health and Dental Care
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2026 | Viewed by 601
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Periodontal Diseases and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland
Interests: periodontics; oral health; dental surgery; periodontitis; plateletes concentrates
Interests: periodontitis; oral mucosa diseases; oral health; oral potentially malignant disorders; oral inflammatory diseases
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Oral health is vital to general health and quality of life, and contemporary dental care is evolving rapidly in response to new clinical challenges, diagnostic approaches, and therapeutic strategies. Advances in preventive dentistry, periodontology, oral medicine, and dental surgery are improving the early detection, management, and long-term monitoring across a wide spectrum of oral diseases, including inflammatory conditions, periodontal diseases, oral mucosal lesions, and potentially malignant disorders. At the same time, growing awareness of the links between oral and systemic health highlights the need for interdisciplinary and evidence-based approaches in everyday clinical practice.
This Special Issue, “Clinical Updates on Oral Health and Dental Care,” aims to present current knowledge and recent clinical developments in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of oral diseases and conditions affecting dental health. We welcome original research articles, clinical studies, and comprehensive reviews addressing contemporary diagnostic methods, therapeutic innovations, patient-centered care, and strategies for improving oral health outcomes.
Particular emphasis will be placed on topics related to periodontitis, oral inflammatory diseases, oral mucosa diseases, dental surgery, and preventive oral healthcare. Contributions exploring clinical protocols, emerging technologies, and practical solutions for daily dental practice are especially encouraged.
Through this Special Issue, we hope to provide clinicians and researchers with an updated overview of key developments in oral health and dental care, while fostering discussion on current challenges and future directions in the field.
Dr. Wojciech Niemczyk
Dr. Rafał Wiench
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- oral health management
- dental care
- oral inflammatory diseases
- oral diseases
- preventive dentistry
- periodontitis
- oral medicine
- clinical dentistry
- dental surgery
- periodontology
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