Differential Diagnosis of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases for the Non- Dental Provider
U.S. Public Health Service
John A. Logan College
Objectives 1.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
Call the Call the Coroner!
linea alba
Post-inflammatory Pigmentation
Amalgam Tattoo
Fordyce Granules
Fissured Tongue extensive grooves and fissures over the entire dorsal surface
Burning Mouth Syndrome
Burning Mouth
Treatment
Geographic Tongue
erythema migrans, ectopic geographic tongue benign migratory glossitis
Geographic Tongue
Treatment dexamethasone diphenhydramine
stomatitis
Median Rhomboid Glossitis
Median Rhomboid Glossitis Treatment 1.antifungal therapy 2.topical corticosteroids 3.neuropathic pain analgesics
Median Rhomboid Glossitis
Angular Cheilitis
Traumatic Ulceration
Tori
Maxillary Torus
Mandibular Tori
Exostoses
attrition
Abrasion
Toothbrush Abrasion
Erosion
Caries
Chronic Hyperplastic Pulpitis
Periodontal disease
Fibroma
Fibroma
Fibroma
Inflammatory Papillary Hyperplasia
Denture care
Hemangioma
Hemangioma (compressed)
Lipoma
Mucocele