COMMON DISORDERS OF THE ORAL CAVITY DR SUBHODH
COMMON DISORDERS OF THE ORAL CAVITY - DR SUBHODH H R
ULCERS OF ORAL CAVITY
VIRAL INFECTION HERPANGINA : COXSACKIE VIRUS MOSTLY AFFECTING CHILDREN HERPETIC GINGIVOSTOMATITIS : 1. PRIMARY : AFFECTS CHILDREN 2. SECONDARY OR RECURRENT : AFFECTS ADULTS (HERPES LABIALIS ) HAND FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE
BACTERIAL INFECTIONS VINCENT’S INFECTION (ACUTE NECROTISING ULCERATIVE GINGIVITIS ) BY FUSIFORM BACILLUS & BORRELIA VICENTII YOUNG ADULTS DIAGNOSIS BY SMEAR
FUNGAL INFECTIONS CANDIDIASIS : ( CANDIDIA ALBICANS ) THRUSH : 1. 2. - WHITE GREY PATCHES, WHEN WIPED LEAVE RED MUCOSA - IMMUNOSUPRESSED STATES CHRONIC HYPERTROPHIC CANDIDIASIS : - CANDIDAL LEUKOPLAKIA - CAN’T BE WIPED OFF TREATED BY TOPICAL CLOTRIMAZOLE AND OCCASIONALLY EXCISION
APHTHOUS ULCERS MINOR FORM MAJOR FORM SMALLER (2 -10 MM), HEAL WITHOUT SCAR LARGER (2 -4 CM), WITH SCAR, RECURRENCE ETIOLOGY : AUTOIMMUNE, DEFICIENCY STATES, INFECTIONS, ALLERGIES, STRESS
CAN BE DIFFERENTIATED BY ABSENCE OF CONSTITUTONAL SYMPTOMS, RECURRENCE AND MOVABLE MUCOSA INVOLVEMENT TREATMENT : TOPICAL OR SYSTEMIC STEROIDS TOPICAL CHEMICAL CAUTERIASATION TOPICAL LIGNOCAINE VISCOUS BEHCET’S DISEASE ( ORO-OCULO-GENITAL SYNDROME )
TRAUMATIC ULCER JAGGED TEETH ILL FITTING DENTURES INJURY WITH FOREIGN OBJECTS ACID OR ALKALI INJURY ASPIRIN BURN
SKIN DISORDERS ERYTHEMA MULTIFORMAE PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID ( BMMP ) LICHEN PLANUS CHRONIC DISCOID LUPUS
BLOOD DISORDERS ACUTE LEUKEMIAS : ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC- KIDS ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC- ADULTS AGRANULOCYTOSIS CYCLIC NEUTROPENIA PANCYTOPENIA
NEOPLASMS : SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA MINOR SALIVARY GLAND TUMOURS NON-HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA DRUG ALLERGY : PENICILLINS TETRACYCLINES SULPHA DRUGS PHENYTOIN BARBITURATES POST CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION MUCOSITIS VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES
MISCELLANEOUS LESIONS
MEDIAN RHOMBOID GLOSSITIS IN FRONT OF FOR. CAECUM PERSISTENCE OF TUBERCULUM IMPAR ALSO DUE TO CHRONIC CANDIDA INFECTION ASYMPTOMATIC
GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE MIGRATORY GLOSSITIS KEEP CHANGING THEIR SHAPE DEVOID OF PAPILLAE, RED FLAT AREAS WITH WHITE KERATOTIC RIM ASYMPTOMATIC
HAIRY TONGUE EXCESSIVE KERATIN FORMATION ON FILIFORM PAPILLAE SMOKERS EXCISION AND DILUTE H 2 O 2 MOUTH WASHES GOOD ORAL HYGIENE
FISSURED TONGUE : VITAMIN DEFICIENCY SYPHILIS MELKERSON ROSENTHAL SYNDROME FORDYCE’S SPOTS : ABERRANT SEBACEOUS GLANDS YELLOWISH SPOTS
ANKYLOGLOSSIA TONGUE TIE RARELY CAUSES SPEECH DEFECTS SURGICAL RELEASE OF TONGUE TIE
ORAL SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS
CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY PROCESS WITH JUXTA-EPITHELIAL DEPOSITION OF FIBROUS TISSUE IN THE ORAL CAVITY AND PHARYNX DESCRIBED BY JOSHI (INDIA) IN 1953 COMMON IN ORIENTAL COUNTRIES
ETIOLOGY SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS TOBACCO CHEWING ARECA NUTS ALCOHOL NUTRITIONAL IMMUNE PROCESS MULTIFACTORIAL
CLINICAL FEATURES MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION IN 3 -7. 6% MOSTLY YOUNG ADULTS SYMPTOMS : INTOLERANCE TO SPICES SORE MOUTH VESICULAR ERUPTIONS DIFFICULTY IN OPENING THE MOUTH DIFFICULT PROTRUSION OF THE TONGUE
SIGNS : INVOLVES – SOFT PALATE, FAUCIAL PILLARS, BUCCAL MUCOSA EARLY CHANGES – PATCHY REDNESS LATER CHANGES – BLANCHING WITH FIBROTIC BANDS - PROGRESSIVE TRISMUS - RESTRICTIVE MOBILITY OF SOFT PALATE AND TONGUE - ASSOCIATED PREMALIGNANT LESIONS - POOR ORODENTAL HYGIENE
TREATMENT MEDICAL : 1. STEROIDS+HYLASE INTRALESIONAL INJECTIONS 2. AVOID IRRITANT FACTORS 3. MULTIVITAMINS AND ANTI OXIDANTS 4. JAW OPENING EXERCISES
SURGICAL : 1. SIMPLE RELEASE AND SKIN GRAFTING 2. B/L TONGUE FLAPS 3. NASOLABIAL FLAPS 4. ISLAND PALATAL MUCOPERIOSTEAL FLAPS 5. B/L RADIAL FOREARM FREE FLAP 6. CORONOIDECTOMY AND TEMPORAL MUSCLE MYOTOMY
TRISMUS
Normal mouth opening Ø The normal range of mouth opening varies from patient to patient, within a range of 40 - 60 mm, although some authors place the lower limit at 35 mm. Ø The width of the index finger at the nail bed is between 17 and 19 mm.
TREATMENT Ø When a patient reports mild pain and dysfunction, an appointment for examination should be arranged. Ø In the interim, the practitioner should prescribe the following to manage the initial phase of muscle spasm : ü Heat therapy consists of placing moist hot towels on the affected area for 15 -20 minutes every hour ü analgesics; muscle relaxants ü a soft diet;
Ø Treatment for trismus should be directed at eliminating its cause. Ø Diagnostic assessment should be made before any type of therapy is applied. If trismus is suspected to be associated with infection, appropriate antibiotics should be prescribed.
Ø When the acute phase is over the patient should be advised to initiate physiotherapy for opening and closing the jaws and to perform lateral excursions of the mandible for 5 minutes every 3 -4 hours. Ø Sugarless chewing gum is another means of providing lateral movement of the TMJ.
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