Library of Oral Pathology: Management of Precancerous and Cancerous Oral Lesions

– Introduction to the classification and the diagnosis protocols of oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

– The etiology of human papillomavirus

– Clinical features of potentially malignant disorders of the oral cavity

– Clinical features of oral dysplasia

– Lesions of leukoplakia

– Thin leukoplakia: hyperkeratosis, acanthosis, carcinoma-in-situ

– Thick leukoplakia: mild dysplasia, mild dysplasia with hyperkeratosis

– Veruciform leukoplakia: severe dysplasia 

– Erythroleukoplakia: severe dysplasia, squamous cell carcinoma 

– Common locations in which leukoplakia is encountered

– The appropriate treatment plan for patients with leukoplakia

– Lesions of oral squamous cell carcinoma

– Methods on how to help prevent squamous cell carcinoma in your patient population.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, Periodontists, Oral and maxillofacial surgeons, General dentists.

– Ulcerative conditions of the oral cavity

– The differential diagnosis for ulcerative lesions

– Diagnosis, treatment protocols, and case presentation of desquamative gingivitis

– Differential diagnosis of desquamative gingivitis

– Diagnosis, treatment protocols, and case presentation of lichen planus: 

- Reticular form

- Papules form

- Plaque-like form

- Atrophic form

- Ulcerative form

- Bullous form.

– Diagnosis, treatment protocols, and case presentation of mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP)

– Diagnosis, treatment protocols, and case presentation of Pemphigus vulgaris

– The differences between acute and chronic ulcerative conditions

– Diagnosis, treatment protocols, and case presentation of recurrent aphthous ulceration (RAU): minor and major form

– Diagnosis, treatment protocols, and case presentation of herpes simplex virus and recurrent herpes simplex

– Treatment plan for patients with acute ulcers

– Treatment plan for patients with chronic ulcers

– The follow-up measures for patients with oral ulcerations.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, Periodontists, Oral and maxillofacial surgeons, General dentists.

– Pigmented lesions of the oral cavity and their differential diagnosis: 

- Amalgam tattoos: diagnosis, treatment protocols, and clinical presentation

- Oral Melanotic macule: diagnosis, treatment protocols, and clinical presentation

- Acquired melanocytic nevus: diagnosis, treatment protocols, and clinical presentation

- Melanoma: diagnosis, treatment protocols, and clinical presentation.

– Human papillomavirus: the difference between low-risk and high-risk HPV strains

– The papillary lesions of the oral cavity and their differential diagnosis: 

- Squamous papilloma: diagnosis, treatment protocols, and clinical presentation

- Verruca vulgaris: diagnosis, treatment protocols, and clinical presentation

- Condyloma acuminatum: diagnosis, treatment protocols, and clinical presentation.

– Differential diagnosis of mesenchymal lesions: fibromas and bumps on the gum

– Salivary pathology: mucoceles and xerostomia

– Treatment plan for patients with common oral lesions

– Clinical cases and conclusion. 

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, Periodontists, Oral and maxillofacial surgeons, General dentists.

– Radiographic features, diagnosis, and management of radiolucent defects:

- stafne defect.

– Radiographic features, diagnosis, and management of multilocular radiolucent lesions: 

- ameloblastoma

- central giant cell granuloma

- hemangioma

- odontogenic keratocyst.

– Radiographic features, diagnosis, and management of common radiopaque lesions:

- condensing osteitis

- idiopathic osteosclerosis

- cemento-osseous dysplasia

- focal cemento-osseous dysplasia

- periapical cemento-osseous dysplasia

- florid cemento-osseous dysplasia

- cemento blastoma

- osteoma.

– The difference between lesions with a similar radiographic presentation

– When radiographic lesions do need a biopsy?

– Follow-up measures regarding radiographic pathology

– Syndromes associated with radiographic pathology.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, Periodontists, Oral and maxillofacial surgeons, General dentists.