Oral Medicine Glossary

A benign inflammatory condition of the tongue characterised by irregular, migratory red patches with white or yellow bor...

An acute, immune-mediated mucocutaneous condition characterised by target lesions on skin and erosive stomatitis, freque...

A fiery red patch of the oral mucosa that cannot be clinically or pathologically attributed to any other condition and c...

A non-invasive diagnostic technique in which surface cells are scraped from oral mucosa and examined microscopically to...

A developmental variation of the tongue characterised by multiple grooves or fissures on the dorsal surface, which may a...

Ectopic sebaceous glands appearing as small, yellowish-white papules on the oral mucosa or lip vermilion, representing a...

A benign, white keratotic lesion of the oral mucosa arising as a protective response to repeated mechanical trauma, whic...

A benign inflammatory condition of the tongue dorsum characterised by migratory zones of erythema with white-yellow bord...

A controversial clinical triad comprising oral lichen planus, diabetes mellitus, and arterial hypertension, now consider...

Sweating and flushing of the facial skin in the parotid region during eating, caused by aberrant reinnervation of autono...

A white, corrugated lesion occurring on the lateral borders of the tongue, caused by Epstein–Barr virus replication and...

An abnormal thickening of the cementum covering the root surface of a tooth, visible radiographically as a bulbous root...

The development of one or more supernumerary teeth beyond the normal dental complement of 20 primary or 32 permanent tee...

A histopathological term denoting an abnormally thickened parakeratinised surface layer in which nuclei are retained wit...

The congenital absence of one to five teeth (excluding third molars) from either the primary or permanent dentition.

An objectively measured reduction in salivary flow rate, typically defined as an unstimulated whole salivary flow of les...

A benign, diffuse, greyish-white opalescent appearance of the buccal mucosa caused by intercellular oedema of the epithe...

A predominantly white patch or plaque of the oral mucosa that cannot be characterised as any other definable lesion and...

A well-demarcated, rhomboidal area of papilla-free erythema located on the dorsal midline of the tongue anterior to the...

A rare neuro-mucocutaneous disorder characterised by the triad of recurrent orofacial swelling, relapsing facial nerve p...

An abnormal reduction in the size of the oral aperture, limiting mouth opening and access to the oral cavity, commonly a...

Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw; a condition of exposed necrotic jawbone persisting for more than eight week...

A benign, mucus-filled pseudocyst of the oral soft tissues arising from rupture or obstruction of a minor salivary gland...

A surgical procedure in which a tissue specimen is excised from the oral mucosa for histopathological examination, used...