A Rare Case of Solitary Palatal Myofibroma in a Young Pediatric Patient by Tulika Wakhloo, Gosla Reddy, Ashi Chug, Arvind Kumar

“…Myofibroma (MF) is a benign spindle cell neoplasm rarely found in the oral cavity. It is common in males than females (2:1) and mostly seen to develop before 2 years of age with few cases reported in adults. …”
Get full text

Fibrosarcoma of Mandible: A Case Report by Monal B. Yuwanati, J. V. Tupkari

“…Fibrosarcoma is a malignant mesenchymal neoplasm of fibroblasts that rarely affects the oral cavity and can cause local recurrences or metastasis. …”
Get full text

Amalgam Tattoo Mimicking Mucosal Melanoma: A Diagnostic Dilemma Revisited by K. Lundin, G. Schmidt, C. Bonde

“…Mucosal melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare but highly aggressive neoplasm. …”
Get full text

Oral lesions and disorders and their prevalence arising from the use of illicit drugs in a prison population. by Marta Relvas, Luciana Rocha, Paulo Rompante, Filomena Salazar, Luís Monteiro, Ana Sofia Vinhas, Maria Gonçalves

“… Background: The dependence on the illicit drugs has been proven to be harmful to the oral cavity and may lead to a series of abnormal manifestations. …”
Get full text

Implant Treatment with 12-Year Follow-Up in a Patient with Severe Chronic Periodontitis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Keisuke Seki, Yoshiyuki Hagiwara

“…Even when the implants are applied, ongoing management of periodontal disease and control of inflammation is necessary to maintain a healthy oral cavity. Lack of appropriate periodontal treatment can result in recurrence of periodontal disease during a maintenance period; loss of the supportive capacity of the periodontal tissues will increase the susceptibility of residual teeth to traumatic force. …”
Get full text

How to assess orodispersible film quality? A review of applied methods and their modifications by Wasilewska Katarzyna, Winnicka Katarzyna

“…They are defined as polymer thin films that disintegrate in the oral cavity within seconds, without drinking water or chewing, and eliminate the risk of choking. …”
Get full text

Pasteurella Endocarditis: A Case Report and Statistical Analysis of the Literature by Randall S. Porter, Christine M. Hay

“…Pasteurella is a genus of commensal bacteria of the oral cavity of several domesticated animals and a common cause of cellulitis after animal bites. …”
Get full text

A Rare Localization of Actinomycosis Mimicking Ulcerative Malignancy by Luca Volpi, Fabio Ferreli, Maurizio Bignami, Andrea Pistochini, Francesco Meloni, Apostolos Karligkiotis, Paolo Castelnuovo

“…Actinomycosis is a chronic, suppurative, and granulomatous process caused by Actinomycetes, saprophytic bacteria normally residing in the oral cavity. It can involve any organ, but the cervicofacial disease is the most frequent. …”
Get full text

Mycosis Fungoides Involving the Dorsal Tongue by Ashley E. Brown, Lindsey Schmidtberger, Kathleeen Kroger, Richard R. Jahan-Tigh, Sarah S. Pinney

“…It rarely affects the oral cavity. Oral MF is historically associated with poor prognosis. …”
Get full text

Plasmablastic Lymphoma: A Systematic Review by Jorge J. Castillo, John L. Reagan

“…Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a very aggressive variant of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma initially described in the oral cavity of HIV-infected individuals. PBL represents a diagnostic challenge given its characteristic morphology and lack of CD20 expression, and also a therapeutic challenge, with early responses to therapy, but with high relapse rates and poor prognosis. …”
Get full text

Prevalence of Oral Lesions Biopsies Among Different Laboratories by Layla Muhamad

“… Background: The oral cavity and jaws can be a host of multiple pathological lesions, which could be tumors, reactionary lesions, or cystic lesions. …”
Get full text

Giant Lipoma Presents from the Buccal Vestibule by Yuki Sakamoto, Gohei Oyama

“…Lipomas comprise 0.1%–5% of all benign tumors in the oral cavity. A 43-year-old man, with a known masticatory disorder, visited the Department of Oral Surgery at our hospital because of a facial swelling. …”
Get full text

How an Opportunistic Infection Can Mess with Your Brain and Take Your Breath Away: A Rare Case of Simultaneous Lung and Brain Abscess due to Streptococcus anginosus by Farah Al-Saffar, Daisy Torres-Miranda, Saif Ibrahim, Adil Shujaat

“…Streptococcus anginosus (S. anginosus) is considered a friendly bug and is a one of many different bacteria that constitute the normal flora of the oral cavity. Nevertheless, it has been infrequently associated with more invasive infections, like lung abscess. …”
Get full text

Probiotics in the prevention of dental caries by Johany Duque de Estrada Riverón, Ileana Hidalgo-Gato Fuentes, Yensi Díaz Martell

“…Probiotics have the potential to provide significant benefits to human health, so we decided to investigate the probiotics species that may have preventive action against dental caries mainly in children in order to determine if there can be created a preventive medicine, made from probiotics found in the oral cavity. Oral probiotics that have shown promising activities in the prevention of dental caries are: Streptococcus salivarius (strain K12), BGH01 Lactobacillus salivarius, BGH089 gasseri Lactobacillus, Streptococcus sanguinis and Streptococcus oligofermentans. …”
Get full text

Gingival Vitiligo: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature by Nipun Ashok, Anila Karunakaran, Prabath Singh, Jean Rodrigues, Navya Ashok, Bassel Tarakji, Azzeghaiby Saleh, Alzoghaibi Ibrahim

“…Rarely cases have been reported regarding depigmented lesions of the oral cavity. On reviewing the literature, only few cases of gingival vitiligo or similar lesions have been reported till date. …”
Get full text

Talon Cusp Type I: Restorative Management by Rafael Alberto dos Santos Maia, Wanessa Christine de Souza-Zaroni, Raul Sampaio Mei, Fernando Lamers

“…During this period, the teeth move until they enter the oral cavity. This course covers various stages of dental development, namely, initiation, proliferation, histodifferentiation, morphodifferentiation, and apposition. …”
Get full text

Habit-induced oral lesions in different occupations: A comparative study among people between geographical different places of West Bengal by Tathagata Bhattacharjee, Kasturi Mukherjee, Kailash C. Dash, Somnath Gangopadhyay

“…Face-to-face interview was conducted using a structured questionnaire, and oral cavity examination was done in daylight. Data were summarized, and statistical analysis was done. …”
Get full text

Bacterial Infections Complicating Tongue Piercing by Catherine HY Yu, Brian J Minnema, Wayne L Gold

“…Infections localized to the oral cavity and head and neck region included molar abscess, glossal abscess, glossitis, submandibular lymphadenitis, submandibular sialadenitis, Ludwig’s angina and cephalic tetanus. …”
Get full text

Multiple Congenital Epulis in Alveolar Ridges of Maxilla and Mandible in a Newborn: A Rare Case Report by Nader Saki, Somayeh Araghi

“…Congenital granular cell lesion (CGCL) or congenital epulis is an uncommon benign of the oral cavity tumor appearing at birth with typical clinical and pathologic features. …”
Get full text

Spinal Accessory Nerve Duplication: A Case Report and Literature Review by Eleni Papagianni, Panagiota Kosmidou, Sotiria Fergadaki, Athanasios Pallantzas, Panagiotis Skandalakis, Dimitrios Filippou

“…We present one case of duplicated spinal accessory nerve in a patient undergoing neck dissection for oral cavity cancer. The literature review confirms the extremely rare diagnosis of a duplicated accessory nerve. …”
Get full text