Diagnostic dilemmas in the most common oral lesions and diseases

Radojkova-Nikolovska, Vera and Nikolovski, Bruno and Dzipunova, Biljana and Toseska Spasova, Natasa and Spasovski, Spiro (2023) Diagnostic dilemmas in the most common oral lesions and diseases. In: 27th Congress of the Balkan Stomatological Society; "Past, Present and Future of Dental Implants and Gerodontology", 9-11 Nov 2023, Istanbul, Turkiye.

	Text PP-Diagnostic dilemmas in the most common oral lesions and diseases.pdf - Published Version Download (525kB)
	Slideshow DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMAS IN THE MOST COMMON ORAL LESIONS AND DISEASES.pdf - Presentation Download (473kB)

Abstract

Objectives: The diagnosis and treatment of lesions of the oral cavity are an integral part of oral health care, hence the early detection and treatment of these lesions will greatly improve the quality of life of patients and the survival rate in cases of oral cancers.
Aim: To present the most common oral changes and lesions, their clinical characteristics and differential diagnostic possibilities, to avoid mistakes and ensure an accurate diagnosis.
Methods: research was done exploring specialized databases PubMed, MEDLINE, EBSCO, Science Direct, and Scopus for the period 2010-2023, by use of MeSH terms: pigmented oral lesions, diffuse and bilateral pigmented lesions, focal pigmented lesions, differential diagnosis.
Results: The most common oral manifestations were categorized in groups as follows: localized (intravascular, extravasated blood, melanocytic, tattoo) and generalized (hereditary, with systemic diseases, physiologic and medications associated).
Conclusions: To minimize wrong diagnoses and achieve more accurate ones, it is necessary to consider the main complaints of patients, medical and dental history, and clinical manifestation, not excluding paraclinical examinations. Laboratory tests, and in many cases histopathological examination, which is known as the gold standard in the diagnosis of oral pathology, are used to confirm the clinical diagnosis.

Keywords: oral cavity lesions, pigmented lesions, differential diagnosis.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Subjects:	Medical and Health Sciences > Basic medicine Medical and Health Sciences > Clinical medicine Medical and Health Sciences > Health biotechnology Medical and Health Sciences > Health sciences Medical and Health Sciences > Other medical sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Medical Science
Depositing User:	Bruno Nikolovski
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2023 12:28
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2023 12:28
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/32818

Actions (login required)

View Item