differential diagnosis of oral and maxillofacial diseases for the non- dental provider
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Differential Diagnosis of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases for the
Non-Dental Provider
U.S. Public Health Service
John A. Logan College
Objectives1. Ask correct questions and utilize the
history of the patient’s oral disease process as the first step in gathering information.
2. Learn to evaluate characteristic appearances of oral lesions during the clinical examination.
3. Narrow the list of diagnostic possibilities in order to prioritize patients for referral.
Non-Objectives
No specific diagnosis
Physiologic pigmentation
Physiologic pigmentation
Physiologic Pigmentation
Physiologic Pigmentation
Physiologic Pigmentation
Physiologic Pigmentation
Call the Coroner!
linea alba
Post-inflammatory Pigmentation
Amalgam Tattoo
Amalgam Tattoo
Fordyce Granules
Fordyce Granules
Fissured Tongue
extensive
grooves and
fissures over
the entire
dorsal
surface
Burning Mouth
Syndrome
Burning Mouth
Treatment
Geographic Tongue
Geographic Tongue
erythema migrans,
ectopic geographic tongue
benign migratory glossitis
Geographic Tongue
Geographic Tongue
Treatment
dexamethasonediphenhydramine
stomatitis
Median Rhomboid Glossitis
Median Rhomboid Glossitis
Median Rhomboid Glossitis Treatment
1. antifungal therapy
2. topical corticosteroids
3.neuropathic pain analgesics
Median Rhomboid Glossitis
Median Rhomboid Glossitis
Angular Cheilitis
Angular Cheilitis
Traumatic Ulceration
Traumatic Ulceration
Tori
Maxillary Torus
Maxillary Torus
Maxillary Torus
Mandibular Tori
Mandibular Tori
Exostoses
attrition
Abrasion
Toothbrush Abrasion
Erosion
Caries
Chronic Hyperplastic Pulpitis
Periodontal disease
Fibroma
Fibroma
Fibroma
Inflammatory Papillary Hyperplasia
Inflammatory Papillary Hyperplasia
Inflammatory Papillary Hyperplasia
Denture care
Hemangioma
Hemangioma (compressed)
Lipoma
Mucocele
Mucocele
