Resident Doctors are on strike from 7 - 13 April. Please continue to attend appointments at the hospital unless you are contacted directly to rearrange. Our hospitals will be busy, but we are still here to provide emergency care when you need it.

Oral Medicine

The Oral Medicine Department is based on Level 5 of the Worsley Building and services are only available to referred patients.

Patients accepted for assessment will be offered either a telephone or a face to face appointment. Further guidance regarding referrals can be found on the Oral Medicine Referral Page or the Leeds Dental Institute Referral Information.

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How to find us

Oral Medicine Department
Level 5
The Worsley Building
Clarendon Way
Leeds
LS2 9LU

Directions, maps and car parking information: Leeds Dental Institute – how to find us.

Your appointment

For patients currently under the care of the Oral Medicine team, you can change or modify an existing appointment by calling: 0113 343 6223.

Find out more about your appointment on the information for patients page.

Meet the team

  • Dr Alan Mighell – Senior Lecturer, Honorary Consultant & Clinical Lead in Oral Medicine – University of Leeds
  • Dr John Steele – Consultant in Oral Medicine
  • Dr Adam Bhanji – Specialty Trainee in Oral Medicine
  • Miss Maura Cobine–Davies – Associate Specialist in Oral Medicine
  • Dr Vishal Aggarwal – Clinical Associate Professor in Acute Dental Care & Chronic Pain and Honorary Specialty Dentist
  • Mrs Rhian Gahan – Specialty Dentist in Oral Medicine and Specialist in Oral Surgery
  • Dental Core Trainee 3 – this is a rotating post on an annual basis

We offer a number of multi-disciplinary and special interest clinics

Oral Medicine and Paediatric Dentistry

This monthly multi-disciplinary clinic provides a care plan for the management of Oral Medicine conditions and lesions in children and young people. The clinic is staffed by a Consultant in Oral Medicine and a Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry.

Dysplasia Clinic

This monthly multi-disciplinary clinic provides a care plan for the management of dysplastic and potentially malignant oral lesions. The clinic is staffed by a Consultant in Oral Medicine and 2 in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.

Chronic Orofacial Pain

A weekly special interest clinic provides care for patients with chronic, non-tooth related pain of the mouth and face. This may include advice and support with self-management techniques.

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