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Mucosal Lesions
Mucosal Lesions
OF
ORAL
MUCOSAL
LESIONS Dr. Damanpreet Isher
Professor & Head
DEPARTMENT OF ORAL MEDICINE &
RADIOLOGY
“DIAGNOSIS IS NOT THE END, BUT THE BEGINNING OF
PRACTICE”
- MARTIN FISCHER
- ACUTE OR CHRONIC
- SOLITARY OR MULTIPLE
ACUTE HERPETIC GINGIVO-STOMATITIS/ HERPES LABIALIS/ FEVER BLISTER/ COLD SORE/ INFECTIOUS STOMATITIS
• ANTISEPTIC MOUTH RINSES: 0.2% CHX MOUTHWASH (TWICE DAILY FOR 7 DAYS)
• TETRACYCLINE RINSE (250mg CAPSULE IN 50ml WATER QID * 5 DAYS) IN RECURRENT ULCERS AND TO DECREASE SEVERITY
TOPICAL CORTICOSTEROIDS:
• TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE 0.1% IN ORABASE PASTE, eg: KENACORT, KENALOG OINTMENT (TWICE DAILY FOR 7-10 DAYS)
• FLUOCINONIDE 0.05% GEL - SUPRICOL, LIDEX GEL (HIGH POTENCY) (TWICE DAILY FOR 7-10 DAYS)
• CLOBETASOL 0.05% - TENOVATE CREAM (SUPER HIGH POTENCY) (TWICE DAILY FOR 7-10 DAYS)
• BETAMETHASONE 0.5 mg - TABLETS AS MOUTHWASH – (4 TIMES A DAY FOR A WEEK) - BETNESOL RINSES
IMMUNOMODULATORS:
• AMLEXANOX 5% ORAL PASTE “WONDER DRUG” (ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ANTI-ALLERGIC IMMUNOMODULATOR)- VERY EFFECTIVE
IN PRODROME PHASE; IS BENEFICIAL IN PREVENTING IT’S OCCURRENCE (4 TIMES DAILY* 10 DAYS) - LEXANOX ORAL PASTE,
APTHASOL ORAL PASTE
• REBAPIMIDE AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE MUCOPROTECTIVE AGENT FOR SCAVENGING FREE RADICALS
(100MG TID * 7 DAYS) –TAB REBAGEN
• LEVAMISOLE (ANTI-HELMINTHIC IMMUNE POTENTIATING DRUG- RESTORES DEFICIT PHAGOCYTIC
FUNCTION AND IS USED IN RECURRENT CASES TO POSTPONE THE EPISODES (150mg OD * 1WEEK) – TAB
ERGAMISOLE, TAB LEVOMOL, TAB VERMISOLE
• ANTIVIRALS
• TOPICAL : 5% ACYCLOVIR 5 TIMES A DAY * 4 DAYS – ZOVIRAX OINTMENT
: 1% PENCYCLOVIR EVERY 2 HOURS FOR 4 DAYS – DENAVIR OINTMENT
(BETTER ABSORPTION AT VERMILLION BORDERS THAN ACYCLOVIR)
LEUKOPLAKIA
“A white patch or plaque in the oral cavity which cannot be scrapped off or stripped off easily & more over, which cannot
be characterized clinically or pathologically as any other disease”
POTENTIALLY MALIGNANT
MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION RATE IS 8.9 to 17.5%
PREVALENCE:
- PREVALENCE RATE VARIES FROM 0.2 TO 5.2% IN
INDIA.
- MALE PREDILECTION
MANAGEMENT
- REMOVE THE IRRITANT, STOP THE ADVERSE HABITS
CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT
a) Retinoids - High doses of Vitamin A is known to cause complete remission of Leukoplakia. (Increased Bioavailability)
MANAGEMENT
Stoppage of habit — maximum lesion
20
regresses following the cessation of habit.
GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE
(ERYTHEMA MIGRANS/ BENIGN MIGRATORY GLOSSITIS/ WANDERING RASH)
• First described by RAYER IN 1831
• FEMALES > MALES, 1-2% POPULATION
• TENDS TO RUN IN FAMILIES
• ASSOCIATED WITH:
• PSORIASIS , REITER’S SYNDROME , FISSURED
TONGUE ATOPY ALLERGIES , CHRONIC
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, CELIAC
DISEASE,LICHEN PLANUS , HIV , LUPUS
ERYTHEMATOSUS,DIABETES MELLITUS AND
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES.
• VIT. D , B6 , B12, FOLIC ACID , IRON AND ZINC
DEFICIENCY.
• IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH HORMONAL
DISTURBANCES, EMOTIONAL STRESS AND Appears as serpenginous white lines which are due to
ANAEMIA depapillation of filiform papillae on dorsal or lateral
• ASYMPTOMATIC, ASSOCIATED WITH HALITOSIS, surface of tongue, only to appear in another site in a few
DUE TO ENTRAPMENT OF FOOD days
MANAGEMENT –
AVOID HOT, SPICY, ACIDIC FOODS , TOBACCO , WHITENING AGENTS, TOOTH PASTE WITH ADDITIVES
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
TOPICAL ANESTHETICS, ANTI-HISTAMINICS, TOPICAL TACROLIMUS ,STEROIDAL RINSES AND
OINTMENTS
ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION
VIT. B SUPPLEMENT
* MANY DRUGS CAN ALSO CAUSE THIS CONDITION LIKE ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, PHENOTHIAZINES
AND DIURETICS
CANDIDIASIS
• FLUCONAZOLE (as first line agent in non-neutropenic patients) – 150mg OD* 3 WEEKS – DIFLUCAN,
CANESTEN
* CLOTRIMAZOLE - TOPICAL – GEL 1% 3 TIMES A DAY, CANDID MOUTH PAINT, MYCILEX TROCHES,
- TABLET10 mg 5 TIMES A DAY
• NYSTATIN - TABLET 500000 UNITS, 4-6 ml IN ADULTS 4-6 TIMES A DAY OR ORAL SUSPENSION,
DISSOLVED SLOWLY IN MOUTH, BITTER TASTE
- 6 HOURLY (4 TABLETS DAILY FOR 2-4 WEEKS)
- NYSTATIN OINTMENT- 100000 UNITS PER ml – MYCOSTATIN SUSPENSION, NYLSTAT, NYSTEX DROPS
• AMPHOTERICIN B - FUNGILIN LOZENGES 10 mg, BETTER TASTE, 4 TIMES A DAY (4 LOZENGES DAILY FOR 2 WEEKS)
- FUNGILIN OITMENT (APPLIED TO DENTURE BASE AFTER MEALS IN DENTURE STOMATITIS)
- FUNGILIN CRÈME – DIRECT APPLICATION TO CORNERS OF THE MOUTH IN ANGULAR STOMATITIS
TOPICAL SYSTEMIC
NYSTATIN (1,00,000 UNITS)
MANAGEMENT
CHLORHEXIDENE MOUTHWASH
VITAMINS
VIT B COMPLEX
VIT C
PROBIOTICS:
INSTAMELT POWDER (SACHET BD* UPTO 2 WEEKS)
BIFILAC LOZENGES (BD* UPTO 2 WEEKS)
ENTEROGERMINA AMPULES
PROBIOTIC YOGURT
MISCELLANEOUS
Salt water gargles.
Solution of water and baking soda/ lemon juice / apple cider vinegar
LICHEN PLANUS
b. INTRALESIONAL
• TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE (10 mg/dl) (0.5ml* ONCE A WEEK)– INJ. KENACORT
c. SYSTEMIC
• PREDNISONE TABLETS – 1MG/KG UPTO 50 KGS*10 DAYS – TAB. WYSOLONE
• IMMUNOMODULATORS
• DAPSONE (ANTI-LEPROTIC AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, FOR EROSIVE AND ATROPHIC VARIANTS) (100MG OD * 1-3
MONTHS) – TAB ACZONE, TAB DAPSON
• TACROLIMUS OINTMENT 0.03% OR 0.1% W/W - (MACROLIDE IMMUNEMODULATOR)
–(CAN BE GIVEN PACKCED IN NON-EUGENOL PERIODONTAL PACK FOR >3 DAYS)
TACROZ FORTE ORAL GEL – TACVIDO FORTE (0.1% W/W)
• LEVAMISOLE (ANTI-HELMINTHIC IMMUNE POTENTIATING DRUG - RESTORES DEFICIT
PHAGOCYTIC FUNTION AND IS USED IN RECURRENT CASES TO POSTPONE THE
EPISODES (150mg OD * 1 WEEK) – TAB ERGAMISOLE, TAB LEVOMOL, TAB VERMISOLE
• HYDOXYCHLOROQUINE – (ANTIMALARIAL DRUG) -100mg OD * 8 WEEKS
• MICRO-PULSE THERAPY
• 20 mg BETAMETHASONE TABLETS ON WEEKENDS WITH TOPICAL APPLICATION OF
CORTICOSTEROIDS AND IMMUNOMODULATORS ON WEEKDAYS - BD
THANK YOU!