Authors describe a case of recurrent exfoliative cheilitis that responded to treatment with a standardized topical preparation of Calendula officinalis L. An eighteen-year-old man was referred to UNESP - São Paulo State University, Department of Biosciences and Oral Diagnosis, São José dos Campos Dental School to investigate a chronic dry scaling lesion on his lips. The patient's main chief was...

Introduccion: La mastitis granulomatosa es una enfermedad inflamatoria cronica benigna de etiologia desconocida, y buen pronostico, sin embargo, entidad dificil diagnostico debido a sus hallazgos inespecificos variabilidad en los diagnosticos diferenciales. Objetivo: Brindar herramientas utiles el oportuno con principales imagenologicos. Materiales metodos: se realizo un analisis retrospectivo ...

Abstract: Cheilitis is an inflammation of the vermilion border lips. Exfoliative cheilitis occurs on upper and lower lips in form exfoliation keratinized surface’s lips, accompanied by redness edema. We reported a 21-year-old female patient, dental student, with chief complaint sores cracked bleeding since two weeks ago. She was not sure when this condition started, but she had realized it for ...

Exfoliative cheilitis, one of a spectrum of diseases that affect the vermilion border of the lips, is uncommon and has no known cause. However, factors such as stress and some psychiatric conditions are associated with the onset of the disease. This condition is disabling because esthetics and normal functions such as eating, speaking and smiling are compromised. The lack of specific treatment ...

Actinic cheilitis is the main precancerous lesion of the lip. Squamous cell carcinoma of the lip is reported together with oral carcinomas in the Brazilian official statistics. Overall, they account for 40% of the head and neck carcinomas. In general, physicians and dentists know little about what causes oral tumor development and progression. Tumor suppressor genes and cell proliferation regul...