Contact stomatitis describes an inflammatory reaction of the oral mucosa by contact with irritants or allergens. Contact stomatitis is classified by its clinical features, pattern of distribution, or etiologic factors. Contact stomatitis frequently goes undetected because of the scarcity of clinical signs that are often less pronounced than subjective symptoms.
Condyloma acuminatum refers to an epidermal manifestation attributed to the epidermotropic human papillomavirus (HPV), as in the images below. More than 100 types of double-stranded HPV papovavirus have been isolated to date.
The contact angles of the Splash!’ Extra Lite and Splash! Lite suggest that they should be exceptionally easy to pour up bubble free. The results for the other materials require some comments. The value for Impregum- F is near the values which we have previously
Cicatricial pemphigoid (CP) refers to a group of rare chronic autoimmune blistering diseases that predominately affects the mucous membranes, including the conjunctiva, and occasionally the skin. Patients with cutaneous involvement present with tense blisters and erosions, often on the head and the neck or at sites of trauma.
Most patients receive chemotherapy on an outpatient basis and are admitted to the hospital if they develop fever and neutropenia, obvious infection, or some other complication. Most of the data cited here are from studies performed on patients in an inpatient setting.
Granulomatous cheilitis is a chronic swelling of the lip due to granulomatous inflammation. Miescher cheilitis is the term used when the granulomatous changes are confined to the lip. Miescher cheilitis is generally regarded as a monosymptomatic form of the Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome, although the possibility remains that these may be 2 separate diseases. Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome is the term used when cheilitis occurs with facial palsy and plicated tongue.
Cheilitis glandularis (CG) is a clinically descriptive diagnosis that refers to an uncommon, poorly understood, and fundamentally benign inflammatory disorder of the submucosal glands in the lower lip. Its etiology remains obscure.
Candidiasis (see the image below) is a fungal infection caused by yeasts from the genus Candida. Candida albicans is the predominant cause of the disease.
Mouth (oral) cancer is a major neoplasm worldwide and accounts for most head and neck cancers. It theoretically should be largely preventable or detectable at an early stage.
Approximately 90% of oral cancers are squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), which is seen in older men, typically on the lip or lateral part of the tongue.