Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology (Jan 2007)

Primary Oral Tuberculosis - A Case Report

  • B N Praveen,
  • Sumati Kori,
  • Balaji Rao

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 4
pp. 529 – 532

Abstract

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Tuberculosis is most common disease in developing countries because of lack of public health awareness, poverty, nutritional deficiencies, absence of medical facilities. Primary oral lesions in tuberculosis are still exceedingly rare. Oral involvement may be primary or secondary to systemic involvement. Involvement of oral cavity is rare accounting for 0.2-1.5% of cases. A rare case report of primary oral tuberculosis is presented.

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