Actinic cheilitis is an oral potentially malignant disorder caused by UV radiation leading to damage epithelial keratinocytes of the lips. It predominantly affects vermillion border lower lip. Due its association with chronic exposure, associated risk factors include geographic areas, outdoor occupations, and skin subtypes. A high proportion lip squamous cell carcinomas arise from actinic lesio...

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...

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 ...