Pediatric Oral Pathology PDF
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Yasmin Alayyoubi
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This document covers pediatric oral pathology and oral medicine, discussing the diagnosis and management of oral lesions in children and adolescents. It emphasizes the importance of a thorough patient history, risk assessment, and clinical documentation in diagnosing lesions and highlights the role of biopsies in confirming diagnoses.
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P E D I AT R I C ORAL PAT H O L O G Y / ORAL MEDICINE Yasmin Alayyoubi DMD, DMSc, MSD, CAGS INTRODUCTION Oral lesions in children and adolescents can affect both soft and hard tissues in the oral maxillofacial region Majority of lesions are mucosal conditions,...
P E D I AT R I C ORAL PAT H O L O G Y / ORAL MEDICINE Yasmin Alayyoubi DMD, DMSc, MSD, CAGS INTRODUCTION Oral lesions in children and adolescents can affect both soft and hard tissues in the oral maxillofacial region Majority of lesions are mucosal conditions, developmental anomalies, or reactive/inflammatory lesions Vigilance during clinical examinations is crucial DIAGNOSING A LESION Requires a thorough patient history, risk assessment, and appropriate clinical documentation Rank order lesions with similar characteristics from most to least likely diagnosis The most likely disease becomes the working diagnosis and guides initial management Definitive diagnosis often requires a biopsy, the gold standard diagnostic test Soft tissue biopsy recommended if a lesion persists for over two weeks despite treatment or if the differential diagnosis includes significant disease/neoplasm TYPES OF BIOPSIES Excisional biopsy: Incisional biopsy: For Total removal of suspected small lesions (
