Some diseases caused by drugs in the oral cavity

Abstract

The pharmacological effects induced by the action of the medicines in the oral structures , such as mucous, teeth, salivary glands, neuromuscular system, taste system, also premalignant manifestations, pseudomalignancy, as well as malignancy associated to medicines are analyzed; besides, the diagnosis and prognosis interests are justified. A review of the current state of the medicine adverse effects in the oral cavity is also carried out, which sustains the interest in these injuries, because their great clinical polymorphism is considered to such an extent of potentially covering the whole range of elementary injuries of the mucous and hard dental tissues, as well as the great diversity of medicine agents able to generate them.

Keywords

• droga, efecto farmacológico, cavidad bucal.