Medical and oral pathology visit
Oral medicine and pathology deals with the health of the mouth in all its parts
It aims to prevent all pathologies involving the mucous membranes of the cheeks, tongue, gums, palate and lips, as well as all pathologies affecting the bone tissues beneath them.
Some examples of oral cavity pathologies can be:
- Infectious diseases: Fungal (Candida), Viral (Herpes simplex, Papilloma virus), Bacterial (Syphilis)
- Inflammatory and Autoimmune Disorders (Aphthae, Oral Lichen Planus, Pemphigus, Pemphigoid)
- Salivary gland disorders (salivary gland inflammation and infection, Sjogren's syndrome)
- Pathological and non-pathological clinical pictures that can however manifest themselves with annoying symptoms for the patient (Burning mouth syndrome, fissured tongue, geographic tongue, hairy tongue)
- Carcinoma of the oral cavity
Diagnostic investigations are performed including:
- biopsies
- cytological
- tampons
