A 63-year-old female was referred to the department, via a 2-week suspected head and neck cancer pathway, with a non-healing ulcer in the buccal sulcus of the LL4, LL5 region. The ulcer had been...

When diagnosing xerostomia a thorough history should be obtained from the patient in order to establish the duration and severity of their symptoms, as well as the impact on the patient's quality of...

There are many causes of xerostomia including disorders of the salivary glands, association with systemic disease and as a medication-related side-effect. As life expectancy is increasing, there will...

Acquired syphilis is caused by the spirochete directly entering the body through a break in the skin or mucosa. This most commonly occurs due to direct sexual contact (usually vaginal, anal or oral)...

A 55-year-old Iranian male patient was diagnosed with transfusion-dependent beta thalassaemia during his childhood in Iran. He was subsequently treated in the UK, where he was referred to the dental...

A 20–year–old woman presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with left-sided facial weakness after lip augmentation. She had both her upper and lower lips augmented with Revolax (Across, Korea)...

Obstructive salivary gland disease is the most common salivary gland pathology to present to general dental practitioners.1 Patients suffering from obstructive salivary disease may complain of...

The advancements in high-definition head and neck imaging modalities have led to a sea change in the accuracy with which the extent of tumour invasion is determined..

Headaches: these may be severe and disproportionate to the size of the tumour, affecting around 60% of patients.1.

A 45-year-old female attended the primary care service at Birmingham Dental Hospital for urgent care, with a complaint of acute pain in the palate for the previous 2 weeks. The patient initially...

The patient presented with numbness and altered sensation to the left hand side of chin and lip. The patient had an unremarkable medical history, with no known allergies and was a non-smoker. After a...

A 29-year-old male was initially referred to the oral medicine department at Guy's Hospital, London for patch testing to exclude an allergy to dental materials. The patient described an episode of...

The perceived sensation of dry mouth in the context of normal unstimulated and stimulated salivary flow rates is referred to as subjective xerostomia. Changes in the qualitative nature of saliva may...

MMP is a rare auto-immune bullous disorder that most commonly manifests in the oral cavity as desquamative gingivitis (80%), and oral mucosal blisters and erosions.1 Other mucous membranes may be...