Date: December 4, 2025
Time: 6:30 PM
Course Description:
This course seeks to act as a refresher for salivary lesion pathology. Lesions or diseases that will be discussed include: mucocele, ranula, salivary duct cyst, sialolithiasis, sialadenitis, xerostomia, necrotizing sialometaplasia, salivary gland tumors, monomorphic adenoma, pleomorphic adenoma, mucoepidermoid carcinoma, acinic cell adenocarcinoma, adenoid cyst carcinoma, carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma, and polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma. The appearance/clinical presentation, potential causes, location of lesion, prevalence, progression, histopathological presentation, and treatment of each lesion/disease will be discussed.
Biography:
Dr. Bhattacharyya is a tenured Full Professor and the Director of the Division of Oral Pathology at the University of Florida College of Dentistry. He completed his oral and maxillofacial pathology training and an MS from the Indiana University School of Dentistry. As well as being a core faculty member running UFCD’s biopsy service, he is also actively engaged in research, including projects on bisphosphonate-induced osteonecrosis of jaws, molecular and clinical aspects of various oral and jaw lesions, precancerous and cancerous oral lesions, polymicrobial periodontal disease and atherosclerosis in a unique animal model, and Sjogren’s syndrome. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology who has authored or co-authored more than 170 papers and book chapters covering a diverse range of topics addressing both clinical and microscopic aspects of oral and maxillofacial pathology.
