Department of Oral Pathology

The Department of Oral Pathology conducts research related mainly to diseases of the mucous membrane. They concern the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of these lesions.

In 2017, the Molecular Research Laboratory was established within the structure of the Department of Oral Pathology.  The person responsible for conducting research in the Laboratory is Irena Duś-Ilnicka, MD, PhD – a laboratory diagnostician.
The Laboratory has a large research potential for scientific purposes, related to the performance of determinations in the field of genetics using the latest methods of molecular biology, including PCR techniques, testing of genetic polymorphisms, analysis of the method of DNA isolation from samples taken, as well as protein electrophoresis.

 The leading research topics include the epidemiology and frequency of pathological and developmental changes on the oral mucosa, including lichen planus and lichenoid changes in the oral cavity, the connection between Covid-19 infection and the condition of the oral cavity, assessment of the condition of the stomatognathic system in terms of the patient's mental state, periodontal disease in connection with rheumatic disease.

The Department of Oral Pathology conducts classes for Polish and English-speaking students from the year II to the year V of studies.

Sylabusy polskie semestr letni 2024/2025 
https://sylabusy.umw.edu.pl/

The Department of Oral Pathology conducts classes for Polish and English-speaking students from the year II to the year V of studies.

Syllabus in summer semestr 2024/2025 
https://sylabusy.umw.edu.pl/

1.      Universita degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy: support for the ERASMUS+ program in the field of didactic trips of researchers. Cooperation in the diagnosis of symptoms of thyroid diseases in the oral cavity, with particular emphasis on the oral mucosa.

2.      Universita degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza, Italy: support for the ERASMUS+ program in the field of didactic trips of researchers.

a. Badanie objawów  poszczepiennych w jamie ustnej, badanie wieloośrodkowe (Study of post-vaccination oral symptoms, a multi-centre study). Publication: Mazur, Marta, Irena Duś-Ilnicka, Maciej Jedliński, Artnora Ndokaj, Joanna Janiszewska-Olszowska, Roman Ardan, Malgorzata Radwan-Oczko, Fabrizio Guerra, Valeria Luzzi, Iole Vozza, Roberto Marasca, Livia Ottolenghi, and Antonella Polimeni. 2021. "Facial and Oral Manifestations Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Survey-Based Study and a First Perspective" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 9: 4965. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094965

b. Ocena mikrobiomu jamy ustnej (Assessment of the oral microbiome). Publication: Nardi, Gianna M., Roberta Grassi, Artnora Ndokaj, Michela Antonioni, Maciej Jedlinski, Gabriele Rumi, Katarzyna Grocholewicz, Irena Dus-Ilnicka, Felice R. Grassi, Livia Ottolenghi, and Marta Mazur. 2021. "Maternal and Neonatal Oral Microbiome Developmental Patterns and Correlated Factors: A Systematic Review—Does the Apple Fall Close to the Tree?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 11: 5569. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115569

3.      International Agency for Research of Cancer, Lion, France: diagnosis of circulating DNA of potentially oncogenic viruses within the framework of a competitive grant under the Wroclaw Medical University subsidy number SUBK.B150.22.031

The unit performs tests to extend the clinical diagnosis of mucosal diseases: collection of material for cytological tests (brush swab), assessment of the presence of HPV and HSV infection in the material from the cytological swab and histopathological tests in the material from biopsies of lesions. .

There is a Student Oral Health Association at the Department of Oral Pathology with the number 012 on the list of Student Organisations.

Supervisors:
Irena Duś-Ilnicka, MD, PhD,
e-mail: irena.dus-ilnicka@umw.edu.pl
phone 71 784 01 40
Anna Barzyc, DMD
e-mail. anna.barzyc@umw.edu.pl
Anna Szczygielska, MA
e-mail: anna.szczygielska@umw.edu.pl