Not Just Stomatitis: Clinical Reasoning in Oral Mucosal Lesions
Not Just Stomatitis: Clinical Reasoning in Oral Mucosal Lesions
Course overview
Lesions of the oral mucosa are one of the most complex and underestimated areas of clinical dentistry. The same complaints can hide a simple traumatic defect, a systemic disease, a precancerous condition, or an autoimmune pathology.
Marina Vishnyakova’s course is designed for ALL dental practitioners and is focused on the differential diagnosis of the most common mucosal lesions that a specialist encounters in everyday practice.
In this course you will learn diagnostic protocols and a differential diagnostic approach, clinical presentations and management of patients with:
Herpetic and aphthous stomatitis
Traumatic lesions of the oral mucosa
Leukoplakia and lichenoid reactions
Vesiculobullous diseases: when it is not “stomatitis” and delay is unacceptable.
After completing this course, you will increase clinical confidence, minimize the risk of diagnostic errors, and be able to safely and effectively manage patients with oral mucosal lesions.
Course lessons
Lesson 1. Diagnosis of oral mucosal diseases in dental practice
Anatomy of the oral mucosa:
Stratified squamous epithelium
Buccal and labial mucosa
Floor of mouth mucosa and ventral surface of the tongue
Alveolar mucosa
Hard palate and gingiva.
Anatomy of the tongue
Oral candidiasis: diagnosis and treatment
Chronic atrophic candidiasis. Denture stomatitis
Intraoral examination protocol
Primary and secondary elements of oral mucosal diseases
Methods for diagnosing oral mucosal diseases
Diagnostic protocol: stomatitis. Aphthous and herpetic.
Lesson 2. Clinical protocols for managing patients with aphthous stomatitis and HSV infection
Principles of treating recurrent aphthous stomatitis
Glucocorticosteroid prescribing protocols
How to use topical glucocorticosteroids correctly
Key clinical indicators for diagnosing recurrent aphthous stomatitis
Herpes simplex virus (HSV): types, pathogenesis, diagnosis
Management protocols for patients with HSV infection.
Erosive–ulcerative lesions of the oral mucosa:
Acute mechanical trauma
Burns: thermal and chemical
Traumatic ulcer
Contact allergic stomatitis.
Pemphigus (pemphigus vulgaris): clinical manifestations.
Lesson 3. Differential diagnosis of white lesions of the oral mucosa
Diagnosis, clinical manifestations and management of patients with white lesions of the oral mucosa:
Frictional hyperkeratosis. White line
Keratosis associated with smokeless tobacco use
Smoker’s keratosis
Leukoplakia
Lichenoid lesions.
