Oral Medicine
The impact of diabetes on treatment in general dental practice
Although the exact cause of diabetes is unknown, there are defined risk factors, depending on the type of diabetes, which can, in different...
A flipped classroom approach to teaching oral pathology using virtual microscopy – the glasgow experience
Many of us will recall, as students, the horrors of undergraduate histology and histopathology practical classes. The frequent difficulties of...
Post-transplant kaposi's sarcoma: an unusual presentation and review of clinical presentation, histology and management
A 65-year-old white female patient was referred from gastro-enterology to the oral medicine out-patient clinic at Bristol Dental Hospital presenting...
Let's talk about mouth cancer – the story and the facts
‘The number of people being diagnosed with mouth cancer (oral cancer) is increasing, with notable rises in incidence in younger people and in...
Desquamative gingivitis – aetiology, diagnosis and management
Desquamative gingivitis can be caused by numerous conditions. These include dermatoses such as oral lichen planus (OLP), mucous membrane pemphigoid...
Head and neck cancer patients – information for the general dental practitioner
Radiation-induced caries describes the rapidly developing lesions that can appear after radiotherapy. Its distribution tends to be different from...
Oral candidosis in the paediatric patient
Factors that predispose to oral candidosis relate primarily to the host. The virulence factors unique to Candida albicans which allow it to colonize...
Amyloidosis presenting as macroglossia and restricted tongue movement
A 63-year-old female was referred to the Oral Medicine Clinic at the University Dental Hospital of Manchester by her general dental practitioner...
Spontaneous oral mucosal bleeding unmasking undiagnosed sarcoidosis: a case report
A 39-year-old female was referred to the Acute Dental Care Department by her dentist, with a 4-day history of spontaneous gingival bleeding. At the...
Pain part 7: trigeminal neuralgia
A detailed epidemiological study investigated the incidence and prevalence rates of TN from 1945 until 1984, and found an overall annual incidence...
Mouth cancer for clinicians part 7: cancer diagnosis and pre-treatment preparation
Clinical diagnosis of an early cancer can be quite straightforward if the clinician has adequate level of awareness and suspicion, but potentally...
A case of undiagnosed harlequin syndrome presenting in general dental practice
A 45-year-old female presented to her general dental practitioner for routine dental care. She had rushed to the appointment and presented to her...
Case report: beware the silver nitrate stick – a risk factor for bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ)
A 61-year-old carpenter was referred to the oral and maxillofacial department by his GDP in March 2011 regarding an asymptomatic ‘white patch’ on the...