Oral Clues of Systemic Disease

Blog Oral Clues of Systemic Disease
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Steve Applegate

Dec 19, 2011

Oral lesions can present clues of a systemic disease—the appearance, the character of the lesions, the size, the duration, and the location of the lesions can give some insight as to a possible systemic disease. On the mission field, without all the desired tests and studies, it is very helpful to have an idea what lesions may be part of a system disease and what lesions are most likely to respond to local measures. There will be time for questions and answers.

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