Oral Medicine
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Management of recurrent aphthous stomatitis in children
A diagnosis of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is usually reached following a thorough clinical history (Table 1), together with the physical...
Oral ulceration in newly diagnosed leukaemic patient with undiagnosed sweet's syndrome
In early 2011, a 53-year-old female patient with a 3-week history of oral ulceration was referred to Oral Medicine from Haematology at the Charles...
Case report: transpalatal arch resulting in soft tissue damage of the tongue 3 years post-orthodontic treatment
A transpalatal arch is a fixed orthodontic appliance used to reinforce posterior anchorage during orthodontic treatment. It consists of bands cemented...
Low level light therapy (LLLT) for the treatment and management of dental and oral diseases
The application of light is routinely used by dentists, for example, in the curing (photopolymerization) of light-activated, resin-based restorations,...
Oral medicine: 17. radiolucencies and radio-opacities. d. antral disease
Paranasal sinuses are air-filled cavities in the dense portions of the bones of the skull lined with a ciliated mucosa, the mucus from which drains...
Oral medicine:16. radiolucencies and radio-opacities. c. odontogenic tumours
Odontogenic tumours are rare, are often asymptomatic, and discovered incidentally on imaging (Table 1). They are generally slow-growing and may reach...
Oral medicine: 15. radiolucencies and radio-opacities. b. odontogenic diseases and cysts
Caries, periodontitis or pericoronitis are the common oral pyogenic infections. Depending on the bacterial load and host immunity, dental pulpal...
Oral medicine: 14. radiolucencies and radio-opacities. a. bone diseases
Radiographic features to be assessed include the lesional size, site, shape, margins, radio-density and effects on adjacent structures (displacement...
The role of a dentist in managing patients with dystonia
Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder, affecting both children and adults, and its prevalence is reported to be 1 in 900. Dystonia can affect...
Oral medicine: 13. lumps and swellings: jaws
Many diseases of, or in, the jaws present asymptomatically, as radiolucencies, radio-opacities or with mixed appearances on radiographs. Other...
Oral medicine: 12. lumps and swellings: salivary
Salivary glands usually swell because of inflammation (sialadenitis) (Figure 1), which is often viral but may have other causes (Table 1). Obstruction...
Giant cell arteritis affecting the tongue: a case report and review of the literature
A 79-year-old female was seen in an emergency ophthalmology clinic presenting with sudden complete visual loss in the left eye in addition to a...
Oral medicine: 11. lumps and swellings: mouth
Lumps and swellings in the mouth are common, but of diverse aetiologies (Table 1) and some develop into ulcers, as in various bullous lesions (Article...