Oral Medicine
Three numb tongues, two MRIs and a gold weight in an eyelid: a case series of acoustic neuromas and their relevance to dental practice
Patient 1 initially presented to the oral medicine department in February 2017, following referral from his general dental practitioner with a 9-month...
Xerostomia: Part 2. investigations and management
When diagnosing xerostomia a thorough history should be obtained from the patient in order to establish the duration and severity of their symptoms,...
Hereditary Angioedema Type I Triggered by Dental Treatment: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
A 29-year-old male was initially referred to the oral medicine department at Guy's Hospital, London for patch testing to exclude an allergy to dental...
Developing your Video Consultation Skills
Video consultations are only appropriate for use in certain circumstances and clinicians should always ensure that the same standards of care are...
Mouth preparation for complete dentures
Xerostomia is defined as an unstimulated salivary flow rate less than 0.1 ml/min or a stimulated salivary flow less than 0.2 ml/min. Xerostomia has...
Oral ulceration and vesiculobullous conditions in the paediatric patient
Most patients with RAS are otherwise healthy, thus it is a diagnosis of exclusion. There are, however, a number of systemic conditions involving...
An update on halitosis: seven common questions
Halitosis (from the Latin for breath, halitus and the Greek suffix osis, meaning abnormal)1 is the presence of unpleasant or offensive breath odour...
Stressful Life Events as a Trigger for Autoimmune Disease? A Case Report on Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid
MMP is a rare auto-immune bullous disorder that most commonly manifests in the oral cavity as desquamative gingivitis (80%), and oral mucosal blisters...
Traumatic ulcers with a hidden cause: A case report
A 19-year-old male was referred in urgently by their general dental practitioner to the Oral Medicine department. The patient was initially seen in...
Early Detection of Oral Cancer in General Practice – 30 Years of Searching
As general practitioners, how can we help? In 2012, the General Dental Council (GDC) made ‘early detection of oral cancer’ a recommended topic in...
Mouth Cancer – Risk Factors and Potentially Malignant Disorders
The majority of cases of SSC in the mouth arise in what was previously clinically normal tissue. However, some cancers are known to develop within a...
‘I learnt about Dentistry from that’
When I was a newly qualified dentist, an older gentleman attended for his 6-monthly routine dental check-up. He had no complaints. He lay back in the...
The Maxillary Sinus: What the General Dental Team Need to Know Part 1: Paranasal Sinus Physiology, Infective Disease and Diagnosis of Pain
The paranasal sinuses are named after the bones within which they lie develop as epithelial outgrowths from the nasal cavity. Named after the...
Unusual Presentation of a Pyogenic Granuloma in a 6-Year-Old Child
The case of an unusual presentation of PG in a paediatric patient is described. A 6-year-old girl was referred, on an urgent basis, by her General...