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Fungal infection which is spread by various species of the fungus Candida, a commensal normally found in the oral cavity in more than 40% of the population. The most common species is C. Albicans but other less frequent species – such as C. Dubliniensis, C. Krusei and C. Glabrata – are also known.Clinically,...

Include a broad group of oral mucosa lesions which share clinical characteristics and histological criteria with Oral Lichen Planus (OLP); they are indicative of disease or different, localised conditions. The best known lichenoid lesions (LL) are:LL from contact with dental material, specifically amalgam, presenting close to an amalgam filling. They are neither...

Oral Lichen Planus is a chronic, inflammatory pathology of unknown aetiology and autoimmune pathogenesis; it is more common in women between the ages of 50 and 60 years of age. Clinically, various types are recognised, being reduced to two categories, distinguishable by their white and/or red colour.When the lesions are white, they can...

Fordyce granules clinically present as multiple and small, yellowish areas, particularly on the buccal mucosa and the labial mucosa. They are heterotopic sebaceous glands, which are located immediately under the epithelium, and they require no treatment.

Oral Candidosis is a fungal infection which is spread by various species of the fungus Candida, a commensal normally found in the oral cavity in more than 40% of the population. The most common species is C. Albicans but other less frequent species – such as C. Dubliniensis, C. Krusei and C. Glabrata...

Leokoedema is a white lesion (plaque) with a bilateral, symmetrical and crinkled appearance which cannot be removed; it is a congenital developmental defect and completely asymptomatic. If the mucosa is stretched, wrinkles will appear and the white colouration will disappear. The appearance of the lesion is determined by the intense oedema of the cells...

A white sponge nevus is an extensive, white and bilateral lesion (on the buccal mucosa), which is velvety to the touch. It is asymptomatic and requires no treatment.

Morsicatio buccarumisa lesion determined by a traumatic occlusion. It presents as a translucent, white line with a scalloped appearance, corresponding to the mark made by the dental crowns on the buccal mucosa; it is frequently caused by the interposing of the teeth on the dental arches. Odontoplasty (generally of cutting vestibular cusps)...

Idiopathic leukoplakia is a white-greyish lesion (patch or plaque), which cannot be removed, being asymptomatic and devoid of pathology. It mainly concern males between 30 and 60 years of age. Typically, the leukoplakia is situated on the underside/margins of the tongue, the floor of the oral cavity but also on the buccal...

Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia is a rare and very aggressive form of leukoplakia, which in 90% of cases becomes malignant. It affects in greater numbers females aged between 60 and 70 years of age. Clinically, proliferative verrucous leukoplakia presents as a patch or verrucoid, keratotic plaque, which grows rapidly and tends to spread out...