Gastrointestinal symptoms are predominant in Crohn's disease. Oral manifestations may also occur. The prevalence of oral manifestations varies between 0.5% and 37%. The manifestations may coincide with or precede gastrointestinal symptoms, and can be subdivided into specific and non-specific lesions. In most patients, lesions are asymptomatic but some patients experience serious discomfort. Ora...

Chagas disease is now an active disease in the urban centers of countries of nonendemicity and endemicity because of congenital and blood and/or organ transplantation transmissions and the reactivation of the chronic disease in smaller scale than vectorial transmission, reported as controlled in countries of endemicity. Oral transmission of Chagas disease has emerged in unpredictable situations...

J Dent Health Oral Disord Ther 2016, 5(5): 00170 Abbreviations: CREST: Calcinosis Raynaud Phenomenon Esophageal Dismotility Sclerodactyly Teleangiectasia; GERD: Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease; CD: Celiac Disease; RAS: Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis; MiRAS: Mikulicz’s Aphthae; MaRAS: Sutton’s Aphthae; HeRAS: Herpetiform Aphthae; PFAPA: Periodic Fever Aphthous Stomatitis Pharyngitis and Adenitis...

In a systematic study of 100 patients with Crohn's disease, 100 with ulcerative colitis, and of 100 normal subjects matched for age, sex, and denture status, nine patients with Crohn's disease, two with ulcerative colitis, and one normal control were found to have oral lesions. In Crohn's disease, the macroscopic and histological appearances resembled those encountered elsewhere in the gastroin...

Tobacco use is a risk factor for oral cancer, oral mucosal lesions, periodontal disease and impaired healing after periodontal treatment, gingival recession, and coronal and root caries. Available evidence suggests that the risks of oral diseases increase with greater use of tobacco and that quitting smoking can result in decreased risk. The magnitude of the effect of tobacco on the occurrence ...