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Author Spotlight: Unlocking the Mysteries of Oral Potential Malignancies
Published on: August 11, 2023
[Benign pathologies of the oral mucosa]
1Service de stomatologie et chirurgie maxillofaciale, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Abstract:
Benign pathologies of the oral mucosa. An overview of some common benign oral diseases whose diagnostic orientation begins and is based primarily on a precise clinical analysis. Canker sores and benign traumatic ulcers must not make a novice carcinoma go unnoticed. Apart from bacterial stomatitis of dental origin, the most common infectious stomatitis is viral with herpes and papilloma, mycotic with acute and chronic forms. Oral dryness and glossodynia are two common situations that are difficult to manage.
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