Prevenzione delle patologie delle mucose orali : linee guida nazionali per la promozione della salute orale e la prevenzione delle patologie orali in età evolutiva

Oral mucosal manifestations may be divided into white lesions, ulcers, neoproliferations and blue-red lesions. The aetiology may range from infections (fungi, viruses, TB, bacterial superinfection) to oral trauma, immunopathology, oncopathology and epithelial damage caused by drugs or irradiation. Risk factors are specific systemic disease e.g. celiac or HSV infection, steroids aerosol treatments, cancer therapies and bad behavioural habits. Each of these conditions requires an appropriate approach to prevent, reduce or treat these oral manifestations