Oral cavity and leprosy

Although leprosy involves the oral cavity in up to 60% of the patients, examination of the oral cavity in leprosy clinics or oral health science clinics is often neglected. Oral involvement in leprosy can broadly be divided into non-specific and specific lesions. In this review, we discuss various o...

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Autores principales: Pallagatti, Shambulingappa, Sheikh, Soheyl, Kaur, Anupreet, Aggarwal, Amit, Singh, Ravinder
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23130281
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.96700
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description Although leprosy involves the oral cavity in up to 60% of the patients, examination of the oral cavity in leprosy clinics or oral health science clinics is often neglected. Oral involvement in leprosy can broadly be divided into non-specific and specific lesions. In this review, we discuss various oral manifestations in leprosy patients so as to increase the awareness about this aspect among dermatologists and dental surgeons.
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spelling pubmed-34818842012-11-05 Oral cavity and leprosy Pallagatti, Shambulingappa Sheikh, Soheyl Kaur, Anupreet Aggarwal, Amit Singh, Ravinder Indian Dermatol Online J Review Article Although leprosy involves the oral cavity in up to 60% of the patients, examination of the oral cavity in leprosy clinics or oral health science clinics is often neglected. Oral involvement in leprosy can broadly be divided into non-specific and specific lesions. In this review, we discuss various oral manifestations in leprosy patients so as to increase the awareness about this aspect among dermatologists and dental surgeons. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3481884/ /pubmed/23130281 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.96700 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Oral cavity and leprosy
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