The importance of information technology for clinical and basic researches on the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery

data get the limelight nowadays, more powerful statistical approach is requested. There are still many incurable diseases in oral and maxillofacial area including oral cancer. For example, autoimmune disease such as pemphigus or pemphigoid lesions, Sjogren’s disease, lichen planus, bisphosphonate related osteonecrosis of jaw bone were not cured yet. However, few re searches have been performed on these important topics. More researches are mandatory to the oral and maxillofacial surgeons to suggest guideline of treatment on incurable di seases. With the help of information technology, also new approaches using big data and new methods such as microarray or next generation sequencing should be considered for the oral diseases.