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Oral Medicine Exam• MCQ + few SA Ulcerations – recurrent
baphthous ulceration, behcets,
cyclic neutropenia, SCC, tebuerculosis, syphilis,
acutenecrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, lichenoidreaction/lichen
planus.
• Refer to clinical handbook of oral medicine (MAO Lewis)• hat
is s!"hilis# orofacial feat$res%• E"idemiolo&! of 'ehcets•
C!clic ne$tro"enia as a lesion# not m$ch else MCQ Blisters – herpes
simplex virus, herpes zoster, H !
disease, herpangina, epidermolysis bullosa, "!,pemphigoid,
pemphigus.
• hat is the a$to antibodies of "em"hi&oid# what is EM
orofacial feat$res# * M disease# know e,er!thin& abo$t
*S-infection%
#hite patches$ %&, lichenoid reaction, lupuserythematosus,
candidiasis, smo'ers 'eratosis,leu'opla'ia, SCC, oral hairy
leu'opla'ia, oralsubmucous (brosis.
• Read e,er!thin& abo$t candidiasis (one of the most
commonafter dental caries# chronic# ac$te# white#
red#"se$domembrano$s# rhomboid &lossitis# how does it
"resent.%Main b$& is albicans%
• E,er! slide has a smoker/s one di0erentiate clinicall!%
"rythema – %ichen planus, acute erythematous
)atrophic* candidiasis, nutritional de(ciency related)iron,
+olate*, Chronic erythematous )atrophic*candidiasis, erythropla'ia,
SCC.
• Read a lot abo$t cancer "resent# "redis"osin&
factors#e"idemiolo&!%
S elling – bacterial sialdenitis, mumps )viralsialadenitis*,
sialosis, mucocele and ranula, SCC,salivary gland tumour, crohn-s
disease and oro+acialgranulomatosis, granulomas, arts,
sialolith.
• 1now crohn/s disease# if onl! a0ect mo$th it is
orofacial&ran$lomatosis# if it a0ects 23 crohn/s disease%
• 1now *4- related lesions%• S"lit diseases $" into bacterial#
f$n&al# ,iral% &igmentations – haemangionma, melanotic
nevus,
melanotic macule, melanoacanthoma, maliganantmelanoma, 'aposi-s
sarcoma, addison-s, & syndrome,smo'er-s melanosis,
thrombocytopenia.
&ain – classi(cation o+ oro+acial pain, cranial
nerves,relevant to oro+acial pain, trigeminal neuralgia,
glossopharyngeal neuralgia, post herpetic neuralgia,
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burning mouth syndrome, atypical +acial pain/odontalgia, ! pain
dys+unction.
S0 – xerostomia, s1ogrens, bacterial
sialadenitis,sialoliothiasis, mumps, sialosis, ptyalism
)excessivesalivation*.
• 15O ca$ses of xerostomia mainl! s6o&rens# others
aredr$&s%
• 3f someone has excessi,e sali,a beca$se the! cant swallow
motor d!sf$nction cerebral "als!# "arkinson/s disease%
• 7e8nitel! "rescri"tion 9$estion f$n&al# anaerobic
(amox!l#metronida:ole and n!astatin)%
