8-year-old girl with a painless ‘bump’ on the tongue
An 8-year-old girl presented to the pediatric dentist for her recall exam. The intraoral exam showed a painless “bump” over the anterior right dor…
Case Category: Clinical Dentistry
74-year-old man with a mandibular lesion
A 74-year-old man was referred to the oral surgeon by his dentist because of a mandibular lesion in the right mandible.
15-year-old girl with painless growths on the anterior mandible
A 15-year-old girl presented to the oral surgeon, referred by her family dentist, because of painless “growths” on her anterior mandible.
10-year-old boy with lesion on the gumline
A 10-year-old boy presented for his recall exam. The clinician noted a brown-bluish lesion on the gumline, lingual to tooth #3.
6-year-old boy with white membrane on buccal mucosa
A 6-year-old boy presented at the family dentist for a recall exam. The dentist noted a “white membrane” on both sides of the buccal mucosa.
3-year-old girl with black gingival lesions
A 3-year-old girl presented to the pediatric dentist, referred by her dentist, because of “black small lesions” lingual to tooth #K.
53-year-old woman with a maxillary lesion
A 53-year-old woman was referred to the oral surgeon by her dentist because of a “lesion” on the right side of her maxilla.
9-year-old girl with painful, bleeding lesions on maxillary gums
A 9-year-old girl presented to the local hospital emergency room with her parents because of very painful, bleeding lesions affecting the gums for the…
35-year-old woman with an unusual mandibular lesion
A 35-year-old woman presented to the dentist for a regular recall examination. In an x-ray, the clinician noted an unusual lesion in her right mandibl…
75-year-old woman with soft, painless mass behind maxillary incisors
A 75-year-old woman was referred to the oral surgeon because of a “small, soft, painless mass” behind her maxillary central incisors.