Dermatologic Diseases Affecting the Oral Mucosa

Abstract

Making a diagnosis of a disease which generally affects both skin and oral mucosa can be particularly difficult if there are no skin lesions. Thus it is important to be familiar with oral manifestations of such diseases. Those considered here are herpes simplex, candidiasis, lichen planus, erythema multiforme, benign mucous membrane pemphigoid, pemphigus, and lupus erythematosus.