Oral Pathology is the branch of dentistry that diagnoses, prevention, and treatment of oral diseases and their relationship with conditions of other specialties.
Oral ( like Dental implant) diseases can originate from:
- Infectious (viruses, bacteria, fungi),
- Neoplastic (benign or malignant neoplasms),
- Traumatic (physical, chemical),
- Immunological or autoimmune (allergic and autoimmune processes),
- Others.
What to watch?
These pathologies can affect several organs or structures, such as gums, lips, tongue, inner cheek mucosa, salivary glands, and palate. The specialist in Oral Pathology plays a vital role in diagnosing and treating these diseases.
How to do the self-examination?
- Look at the upper and lower lips, outer and inner lips, including gums.
- Look inside the cheeks, throat, and palate (roof of the mouth).
- Watch the language; look over, sides, and under (including the floor of mouth).
- Gently touch face and neck for lumps.
- Smile to yourself and visit a dentist or stomatologist regularly
Can there be oral manifestations of other more general-systemic diseases?
Yes. The positive interaction between Dentistry and other medical specialties, present at Instituto CUF and Hospital CUF, represents a more excellent value in the evaluation.