oral medicine

Xerostomia

Dry mouth

Lichen Planus

Appears as white lace like lines,

Oral candidiasis

Thrush, fungal infection, white creamy patches that can be wiped off, blue swab

Geographic tongue

Red patches with white borders,

Herpes

Cold sores around the lips, infectious

Traumatic ulcers

Usually physical trauma, usually heal once removed

Recurrent ulcers

Small painful non contagious sores that repeatedly appear on soft tissues.

Neoplastic ulcers

Has not disappeared needs further investigation, cancer

Aphthous ulceration

Recurrent ulceration, non contagious

Atypical facial pain: trigeminal neuralgia

Severe nerve pain

Leukoplakia

White patch that cannot be described as anything else

Oral Facial Granulomatosis

Facial swelling