A large epidemiological health investigation, the Helsinki Ageing Study (HAS), was performed in 1989-1991 in Helsinki, Finland. We report here the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in 338 76-, 81- and 86-year-old home-living elderly people, who completed the oral health investigation at the Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki. One or more lesions were found in 128 subjects (38%). Fi...

Exfoliative cheilitis is an inflammatory condition that can significantly impair quality of life. This the first reported case interleukin-23 inhibitor, tildrakizumab, for treatment a chronic, refractory exfoliative cheilitis.

Actinic cheilitis can progress to squamous cell carcinoma in 20% of cases. The purpose of this study was to identify the clinical characteristics of 75 patients with actinic cheilitis and to summarise the current literature concerning actinic cheilitis. A total of 75 patients were evaluated over a 3-year period. The medical history, physical examination results and images were collected from ea...

INTRODUCTION Granulomatous cheilitis (Miescher cheilitis), a condition characterized by recurrent swelling of the lips, is the most common monosymptomatic form of the Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome. The aim of this study was to study the characteristics of patients diagnosed with granulomatous cheilitis at the dermatology department of our hospital over a period of 17 years. MATERIAL AND METHO...

E16 CUTIS WWW.CUTIS.COM To the Editor: Granulomatous cheilitis (GC), also known as Miescher cheilitis, belongs to a larger class of diseases known as orofacial granulomatoses (OFGs), a set of diseases distinguished by their clinical and pathologic features of facial edema and granulomatous inflammation.1-3 Granulomatous cheilitis, a monosymptomatic variant of a more extensive disease known as M...

Cleaning of removable dentures is an important step to prevent cross-contamination and contribute the health patient, lifespan dentures, patient's overall quality life. Bad have undesirable effects such as bad breath, stains biofilms, calculus accumulation in which can lead denture stomatitis, angular cheilitis, poor oral health. A dentist responsible for educating patient after insertion so it...

BACKGROUND The present study was directed to evaluate the forms of oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) and their correlation with CD4+ cell counts in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study carried out for a 2-year period, in which quantitative data collection methods were used. 50 patients with HIV infection w...