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Department of
Diagnostic Sciences
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Kitrina
Cordell, DDS, MS
Head, Department
of Diagnostic
Sciences
Professor
LSUHSC School
of Dentistry
Department of
Diagnostic
Sciences
Box 144
1100 Florida
Avenue
New Orleans, LA
70119
Phone:
504-941-8449
Email: kcorde@lsuhsc.edu
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The
Department of Diagnostic
Sciences serves the
people and dental
profession of the state
of Louisiana and
surrounding areas by
providing teaching,
scholarly activity, and
patient care through the
diagnosis and management
of disorders and
abnormalities of the
oral and maxillofacial
region. Students learn
to generate a
differential oral
diagnosis, develop
logical treatment plan
alternatives based on
the patient's health and
needs, and adhere to
proper infection control
techniques. All faculty
members actively
participate in clinic
consults throughout the
school.
Faculty
are also devoted to
teaching management of
medically-compromised
patients in the aging
population and teaching
students to achieve
proficiency in obtaining
and evaluating a
pertinent medical and
dental history. Students
also learn proper
techniques for
performing a thorough
head-and-neck and oral
examination, and
diagnosis and management
of oral lesions and
craniofacial pain.
Instruction
in selecting, exposing,
and interpreting
intraoral and extraoral
x-ray images is provided
to students and
residents as well as
providing certification
in digital and
conventional radiology
for dental assistants.
The division serves
other departments and
the public by providing
Conebeam CT scans,
extraoral and intraoral
images, continuing
education courses, and
consultation services.
As a
component of the
Infectious Disease
Clinic of the Interim
LSU Public Hospital, the
multidisciplinary HIV
Outpatient Program
(HOP) Dental Clinic is
committed to providing
early intervention and
comprehensive health
care to people living
with HIV and AIDS, who
are more susceptible to
aggressive dental
diseases, severe oral
lesions, and decay. The
HOP Clinic is part of
the Delta Region AIDS
Education and Training
Center, a part of a
nationwide network
providing HIV/AIDS
training to all health
care providers.
The
program in Oral and
Maxillofacial Pathology
promotes the highest
standards in education,
research, and practice
of its specialty. It is
uniquely situated in the
curriculum between the
basic and clinical
sciences and provides
didactic instruction to
dental students, dental
hygiene students,
postgraduate students
and residents. The Oral
Pathology Biopsy Service
offers support to the
dental school clinics,
dental profession, and
public by processing and
interpreting over 2,000
oral biopsies each year.
All
faculty members actively
participate in clinic
consultations throughout
the school and to
outside dental
professionals. They also
teach in continuing
education courses. The
faculty provides
interdisciplinary
consultation and
education to medical
residents, faculty, and
pathologists.
Additionally, the
division's forensic
odontology services aid
law enforcement in the
identification of human
remains.
View
rosters of full-time
and part-time
faculty members in the
Department of Diagnostic
Sciences.
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