• Question: what do you as an oral pathologist

    Asked by anon-175893 to Alex, Alison, David, Ella, hayleypincott, Thomas on 11 Jun 2018.
    • Photo: Hayley Pincott

      Hayley Pincott answered on 11 Jun 2018:

      I work in Oral Pathology, so pathology is the study of disease and the department I work in is quite a specialist area and we study and look at the diseases of the head and neck. We see small things found in the mouth like cysts, or polyps which are really common. The pathologists look at these just to make sure they aren’t anything serious but also some things that keep coming back can be a sign of some syndromes.We also have small biopsies of what dentists and doctors send in when they suspect cancer. We also get big cases where larger part have been removed due to cancer. The big cases get looked at to see if the surgeon has removed all the cancer and also we look at lymph nodes to see if the cancer is spreading.

      I see some truly amazing things although it can get a bit gory I find it fascinating that I can get to see the human body in a way not many other people get to see it.

    • Photo: David Mills

      David Mills answered on 12 Jun 2018:

      I’m not an oral pathologist, but I work closely with some. They send me interesting samples to CT scan.

    • Photo: Thomas Perriment

      Thomas Perriment answered on 20 Jun 2018:

      I’m not an oral pathologist, but if I were I imagine my answer would be a lot like Hayley’s!

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