Oral Pathology in Clinical Dentistry: A systematic approach

Abstract

The dental clinician frequently comes across lesions that involve the hard and soft tissues of the oral cavity. Most of these conditions do not pose a diagnostic problem for the dental surgeon. However, the clinical dentist is sometimes accosted with a lesion, the diagnosis of which is not only challenging, but influencing the choice of treatment. This review article provides a systematic and logical approach for diagnosing common lesions encountered in the dental practice.

Keywords

• Dental clinician
• differential diagnosis
• gingival growth
• history
• oral pathology
• white lesion