Diseases of the Mouth and Oral Manifestations Flashcards
What is the most common cause of multiple mouth ulcers?
Recurrent aphthous ulceration
Causes of mouth ulcers?
Infections- TB, syphilis Autoimmune diseases Trauma Neoplasia GI disease manifestation such as crohns Skin disease manifestation such as pemphigoid, pemphigus or lichen plants Anaemia
Two categories of white patches in the mouth?
Ones that wipe and off and ones that don’t
White patches in the mouth that wipe off are probably?
Candida Thrush
White patches in the mouth that don’t wipe off causes?
Trauma, epithelial dysplasia, neoplasia, chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis
Describe Lichen planus
It is a skin condition that causes and itchy rash but can also cause white patches in the mouth that are premalignant.
If an ulcer lasts more than ___ weeks need to determine why it is there
3
Describe the changes in the mouth with Crohns
Can get oral chrons with no abdominal symptoms
Severity in mouth doesn’t reflect condition of gut
Cobble-stoning mucosa
Linear ulceration
Localised mucogingivitis
Tissue tags/ polyps
Diffuse swelling-commonly of the lips
Pyostomatitis vegetans (multiple ulcers that come together)
Describe the changes in the mouth with ulcerative colitis
Oral ulceration
Pyostomatitis Vegetans
Angular stomatis
Does reflect severity of intestinal disease- DIFFERENT from Chrons
Medical word for dry mouth?
Xerostomia
Causes of xerostomia?
Drugs
Radiation
Sjrogens
Main risk factors for oral cancer?
Tobacco Alcohol HPV Candida Diet and Nutrition
Define erythoplakia and leukoplakia are they always premalignant?
Not always premalignant
Erythoplakia= red patches in the mouth
Leukoplakia= white patches
Almost all cancers of the mouth are…
squamous cell carcinomas
Swelling on what side of the tongue is unlikely to be cancer
Dorsal
the top side
