It’s not unusual for a health care provider to frequently see and treat patients with lesions of the lips, buccal mucosa, tongue or palate. Many of these lesions are readily diagnosed and treated in the outpatient clinic or emergency room. Occasionally, asymptomatic oral lesions are found incidental to an unrelated examination. The possible causes of oral mucosal defects are numerous and includ...

Oral lesions in neonates represent a wide range of diseases often creating apprehension and anxiety among parents. Early examination and prompt diagnosis can aid in prudent management and serve as baseline against the future course of the disease. The present review aims to enlist and describe the diagnostic features of commonly encountered oral lesions in neonates. How to cite this article: Pa...

To the Editor, The letter entitled “A Rare Cause of Recurrent Oral Lesions: Chediak-Higashi Syndrome”, written by Karabel et al. and published in a recent issue of your journal, was quite interesting [1]. Here we would like to emphasize some relevant points. A number of systemic diseases, including hematologic disorders, do have manifestations in the orofacial region. Although non-pathognomonic...

BACKGROUND Leprotic oral lesions are more common in the lepromatous form of leprosy, indicate a late manifestation, and have a great epidemiological importance as a source of infection. METHODS Patients with leprosy were examined searching for oral lesions. Biopsies of the left buccal mucosa in all patients, and of oral lesions, were performed and were stained with H & E and Wade. RESULTS O...

A 50 year old male was referred to a tertiary cancer hospital. On inquiry, the patient revealed a painful, non healing ulcer on the cheek, since one month. He was a habitual smoker; his medical history was non-significant and the neck was negative for lymph nodes. Clinical examination revealed a diffuse ulcero-indurative lesion extending from the left lip commissure to the left buccal mucosa (A...

introduction: peripheral reactive lesions of soft tissue are common oral lesions that dentists face during routine examinations. diagnosis and development of a treatment plan is difficult if dentists are not aware of the prevalence and clinical symptoms of these lesions. the frequency of these lesions differs across various populations. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency and d...

Background and aim: Acne vulgaris is a chronic disease of pilosebaceous units which most commonly affects younger people. There are many different treatment modalities; each affects some mechanisms of acne pathogenesis. Systemic antibiotics are one of the most popular methods of treatment. In this study the efficacy of oral erythromycin was compared with doxycyclin in the treatment of mod...

organ transplantation is a widely undertaken procedure and has become an important alternative for the treatment of different end-stage organ diseases that previously had a poor prognosis. the field of organ transplant and hematopoietic stem cell transplant is developing rapidly. the increase in the number of transplant recipients also has an impact on oral and dental services. most of the oral...