Leukoplakia of the mouth cavity is a chronic disease. It is an inflammation of the oral mucosa of the mouth cavity. Leukoplakia of the mouth cavity is often followed by epithelium hyperkeratosis. Damaged areas become thicker. Later they are covered with corneal layer followed by epithalaxia. Leukoplakia of the mouth cavity usually affects the inner mucous part of cheeks, corners of the mouth, and the tongue. It is important to know that men over 40 are more prone to leukoplakia of the mouth cavity. The disease can be caused by a number of factors. Traumas of the mouth cavity, influence of spicy or hot food, wounds caused by hooks of prosthetic appliances, smoking, and addiction to alcoholic beverages are equally dangerous for the mouth cavity.
Warty horn is a disease usually affecting people over 60. Warty horn is a limited epithelium hyperplasia with hyperkeratosis. Visually it looks like a horn. Warty horn usually appears on the inner side of the lip (usually the lower lip). Warty horn is a keratinized, thickened, dry, and rough part of the skin. Usually warty horn looks like a cone-shaped mass up to 1cm high. In rare cases it can be up to 2-3cm high, 1-1,5cm in diameter. The mass is dense, usually of grey or brown color. Warty horn usually consists of one cone but in rare cases it can have two or more cones.
Keratoacanthoma (self-healing epithelioma, molluscum pseudocarcinomatosum) is a benign epidermal tumor. Keratoacanthoma on lips is single or multiple globe-shaped nodes with a crater-like hollow in the middle. The hollow is filled with keratinized epithelium.
Many people have heard about Phthorlacum but not all of them know what it is. Phthorlacum is a combined medicinal agent. It contains Canadian balsam and sodium fluoride. If you cover your child`s milk teeth with Phthorlacum it will reduce the risk of caries.
Useful qualities of fluoric lacquers are well known all over the world. These lacquers are very useful. Their useful qualities are scientifically proven. Not so long ago a group of American scientists carried out a research the aim of which was to prove the use of f Phthorlacum or the health of teeth.
All people are afraid of
dental prosthetics. This procedure looks even more frightening in case you know you cannot do without it. Even though dental prosthetics is not the most pleasant stomatological procedure but losing teeth is even worse. Even though dentists use a lot of scary words and there are a lot of noisy machines in the dentists office you should not treat it as an attempt to scare you.
Speaking about scary stomatological terms, sinuslifting is one of them. Sinus lifting consists in an artificial increase of the thickness of the maxilla bone. Sinus lifting is absolutely necessary if the thickness of the bone is not enough for implantation.
Do you know that
dental deposit appears on teeth only 2 hours after even the most thorough
cleaning of teeth. At first dental deposit looks like a soft whitish coat around the gums. Bacteria living in the mouth cavity make the initial soft coat harder. With time it becomes yellow. To prevent dental deposit it is enough to properly clean your teeth. Do not forget to clean your teeth twice a day in the morning and in the evening.
Most people have no idea about lip frenulum. What does it look like? Where is it located? Lip frenulum is a thin strip of skin connecting lips with the jaw. Such frenula are specific folds of the mucous membrane of the mouth cavity going along the inner side of the center line of the lip. If the size of the folds is proportional, the lip completely covers the teeth. Lip frenulum must remain moveable to successfully perform its functions.
Some people have a shortened lip frenulum. This defect can interfere with normal functioning of the lip.
First of all it is necessary to find out the cause of the disease and eliminate it. In most cases conservative treatment consisting in using anti-inflammatory ointments, pain relievers, and vitamins A and B will be prescribed.
In cases when conservative treatment is not enough or there is a relapse of the disease, operative intervention is the only possible way out. However, there are cases when even operative intervention is contraindicated. In case of multiple labial fissures the choice of treatment must be a very thought-over one.
Labial fissure are a chronic disease. Both men and women of any age are equally prone to this disease. Sometimes labial fissures are the result of individual construction of the patient`s lips. It is worth mentioning that this disease can develop as a result of frequent traumas of lips. Labial fissures mostly appear in the middle of the lower lip and visually divide the lip into two parts. Sometimes labial fissures may grow to affect the mucous membrane of the lip. Still, the disease will not spread to the skin surrounding the lip.
Cheilitis (sore on the lip) is an inflammation of the mucous membrane of the lip or the red border of it. Cheilitis can be caused by a number of different factors. That is why treatment is also individual. Though cheilitis is a single disease, every single cause of it demands its own specific treatment.
Allergic cheilitis is probably the most widespread type of the disease. In case of allergic cheilitis lips become more sensitive to some substances. They can be contained in dental prostheses, toothpastes or lipsticks. The symptoms of allergic cheilitis are lip edema, burning pain, and vesicular rash.
