The Surgical Management of the Oral Soft Tissues: 3. Biopsy

From Volume 34, Issue 10, December 2007 | Pages 654-657

Authors

Anna Jephcott

BChD, MFDS RCS(Eng)

Clinical Lecturer in Oral Surgery, The School of Dentistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B4 6NN, UK

Articles by Anna Jephcott

Abstract

Offering patients a broad range of services, whilst inspiring patient confidence and reducing their anxiety and waiting time, is an advantage for a general dental practitioner wishing to perform simple biopsies. But which lesions need a biopsy, which lesions are suitable to biopsy in practice, and how should this be done? This article covers the basic knowledge and technical skills required to perform simple biopsies in general practice.

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