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The Unit of Oral Medicine at Liverpool University Dental Hospital is led by Anne Field and
currently sees over 2000 new patients per year. It provides a comprehensive Oral Medicine
service for Merseyside and Cheshire. Referrals are also received from other parts of the North
West, Isle of Man and North Wales. The Unit has close links with the Department of Oral
Medicine at Manchester Dental School. Multidisciplinary clinics are held for patients with
Sjögren’s Syndrome (SS), chronic facial pain (liaison psychiatrist in attendance) and dysplastic
oral lesions. The Unit has an international reputation for research into the pathogenesis of
Sjögren’s Syndrome and is currently investigating diagnostic markers and therapeutic interventions
for this chronic disease. Referrals are welcome from medical and dental practitioners as well as
consultants in other clinical disciplines.
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