Labial Manifestations of Systemic Diseases

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Abstract

The oral cavity reflects the general health of the organism. Signs of a systemic or syndromic pathology often appear first in the oral cavity rather than systemically. Systemic diseases that can cause oral manifestations include endocrinopathies, oncological, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and neurological diseases. Oral lesions caused by the treatment of systemic diseases can also be clinically significant, including those caused by cancer therapies (mucositis) and drugs that alter salivary flow. Some clinically observable changes in the oral cavity are disease-specific, while others may simply increase the dentist's level of suspicion. This short chapter deals with some important systemic pathologies with labial manifestation: Crohn's disease, Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome, and chemotherapy-induced mucositis in cancer patients.

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