Oral Diseases

This page is designed to help you understand and research any type of Oral Diseases or other pathological conditions in the Head-and-Neck region you may have heard of or read about. This is designed to enhance your knowlede about Oral Pathological conditions

Under no circumstances should this be used as a tool for self diagnosis. Only a physician or dentist can make a diagnosis about a pathological condition in the Head-and-Neck region!!

You can start searching for a disease by its Location, Appearance, Classification (Type) or by its Name. Just click on any of the text that is blue in color and underlined.

LOCATION

 

Tooth

Mucosa (Gums, etc.)

Lip

Jaw

Face

Neck

Skin

Skull

APPEARANCE

 

Tooth-related

Flat mucosal lesion

Raised mucosal lesion

Submucosal swelling

Skin lesion

Facial swelling

Radiolucency

Radiopacity

Radiolucency/opacity

TYPE

 

Autoimmune

Cyst

Decay / Caries

Developmental

Hyperplasia

Iatrogenic / procedural

Inflammation

Keratotic

Neoplastic

NAME

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

TOOTH

Acute Pulpitis
Chronic Pulpitis
Dentin Caries
Enamel Caries
Pulp Hyperemia
Pulp Polyp
Teeth Lesions

MUCOSA

Acute Apical Abscess
Acute Inflammatory Lesions
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
Aphthous Stomatitis
Benign Keratosis
Benign Mixed Tumor
Benign Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid
Blue, Brown, Black, and Yellow Lesions
Carcinoma-in-Situ
Epulis Fissuratum
Fissured Tongue
Focal Melanosis
Fordyce's Granules
Geographic Tongue
Granular Cell Tumor
Hairy Tongue
Hemangioma
Inflammatory Papillary Hyperplasia
Irritation Fibrosis
Lichen Planus
Lingual Tonsil
Lingual Varicosities
Lipoma
Lymphangioma
Major Aphthous Stomatitis
Median Palatal Cyst
Median Rhomboid Glossitis
Mucocoele and Ranula
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
Mucosal Dysplasia
Mucous Membrane Lesions
Mucous Retention Cyst
Neurilemmoma
Neurofibroma
Nicotine Stomatitis
Pemphigus Vulgaris
Peripheral Fibroma
Peripheral Giant Cell Granuloma
Primary Herpetic Gingivostomatitis
Prominent Circumvallate Papillae
Pyogenic Granuloma
Recurrent Herpetic Gingivostomatitis
Red Lesions
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Squamous Papilloma
Suppurative Apical Periodontitis
Tori, Exostoses, and Enostoses
White Lesions

LIP

Actinic Cheilosis
Benign Mixed Tumor
Pemphigus Vulgaris
Primary Herpetic Gingivostomatitis
Pyogenic Granuloma
Recurrent Herpetic Gingivostomatitis
Squamous Cell Carcinoma

JAW

Acute Apical Abscess
Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumor
Ameloblastic Fibroma
Ameloblastoma
Apical Cyst
Chondrosarcoma
Chronic Apical Periodontitis
Condensing Osteitis
Dentigerous Cyst
Fibrous Dysplasia
Globulomaxillary Cyst
Hemangioma
Hematopoietic Bone Marrow Defect
Incisive Canal Cyst
Jaw Lesions
Median Palatal Cyst
Metastatic Jaw Malignancies
Odontogenic Keratocyst
Odontoma
Osseous Dysplasia
Ossifying Fibroma
Osteomyelitis
Osteosarcoma
Paget's Disease of Bone
Primordial Cyst
Prominent Incisive Fossa
Residual Cyst
Salivary Gland Depression
Simple Bone Cyst
Suppurative Apical Periodontitis
Tori, Exostoses, and Enostoses
Traumatic Neuroma

FACE

Acute Apical Abscess
Acute Inflammatory Lesions
Benign Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid
Hemangioma
Lymphangioma
Nasolabial Cyst
Neurofibroma
Osteomyelitis
Primary Herpetic Gingivostomatitis

NECK

Benign Mixed Tumor

SKIN

Lichen Planus
Neurofibroma
Pemphigus Vulgaris
Primary Herpetic Gingivostomatitis
Recurrent Herpetic Gingivostomatitis

SKULL

Paget's Disease of Bone

TOOTH  RELATED

Acute Apical Abscess
Acute Pulpitis
Chronic Pulpitis
Pulp Hyperemia
Pulp Polyp
Teeth Lesions

FLAT MUCOSAL LESION

Actinic Cheilosis
Acute Inflammatory Lesions
Aphthous Stomatitis
Benign Keratosis
Benign Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid
Blue, Brown, Black, and Yellow Lesions
Carcinoma-in-Situ
Fissured Tongue
Focal Melanosis
Fordyce's Granules
Geographic Tongue
Hairy Tongue
Lichen Planus
Lingual Tonsil
Lingual Varicosities
Lymphangioma
Major Aphthous Stomatitis
Median Rhomboid Glossitis
Mucosal Dysplasia
Mucous Membrane Lesions
Nicotine Stomatitis
Pemphigus Vulgaris
Primary Herpetic Gingivostomatitis
Recurrent Herpetic Gingivostomatitis
Red Lesions
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
White Lesions

RAISED MUCOSAL LESION

Acute Apical Abscess
Acute Inflammatory Lesions
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
Benign Mixed Tumor
Epulis Fissuratum
Inflammatory Papillary Hyperplasia
Irritation Fibrosis
Lingual Tonsil
Lymphangioma
Mucocoele and Ranula
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
Mucous Membrane Lesions
Peripheral Fibroma
Peripheral Giant Cell Granuloma
Prominent Circumvallate Papillae
Pyogenic Granuloma
Red Lesions
Squamous Papilloma
Suppurative Apical Periodontitis

SUBMUCOSAL SWELLING

Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
Benign Mixed Tumor
Chondrosarcoma
Granular Cell Tumor
Hemangioma
Lipoma
Median Palatal Cyst
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
Mucous Membrane Lesions
Mucous Retention Cyst
Neurilemmoma
Neurofibroma
Osteosarcoma
Squamous Papilloma
Tori, Exostoses, and Enostoses

SKIN LESION

Benign Mixed Tumor
Benign Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid
Hemangioma
Lichen Planus
Lymphangioma
Neurofibroma
Pemphigus Vulgaris
Primary Herpetic Gingivostomatitis
Pyogenic Granuloma
Recurrent Herpetic Gingivostomatitis

FACIAL SWELLING

Acute Inflammatory Lesions
Nasolabial Cyst
Osteomyelitis

RADIOLUCENCY

Acute Apical Abscess
Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumor
Ameloblastic Fibroma
Ameloblastoma
Apical Cyst
Chronic Apical Periodontitis
Dentigerous Cyst
Dentin Caries
Enamel Caries
Globulomaxillary Cyst
Hemangioma
Hematopoietic Bone Marrow Defect
Incisive Canal Cyst
Jaw Lesions
Median Palatal Cyst
Metastatic Jaw Malignancies
Odontogenic Keratocyst
Osseous Dysplasia
Ossifying Fibroma
Osteomyelitis
Primordial Cyst
Prominent Incisive Fossa
Residual Cyst
Salivary Gland Depression
Simple Bone Cyst
Suppurative Apical Periodontitis
Traumatic Neuroma

RADIOPACITY

Chondrosarcoma
Condensing Osteitis
Fibrous Dysplasia
Jaw Lesions
Odontoma
Osseous Dysplasia
Osteosarcoma
Tori, Exostoses, and Enostoses

RADIOLUCENCY/OPACITY

Chondrosarcoma
Jaw Lesions
Osseous Dysplasia
Ossifying Fibroma
Osteomyelitis
Osteosarcoma
Paget's Disease of Bone

AUTOIMMUNE

Benign Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid
Pemphigus Vulgaris
Red Lesions
White Lesions

CYST

Apical Cyst
Dentigerous Cyst
Globulomaxillary Cyst
Incisive Canal Cyst
Jaw Lesions
Median Palatal Cyst
Mucous Membrane Lesions
Mucous Retention Cyst
Nasolabial Cyst
Odontogenic Keratocyst
Primordial Cyst
Prominent Incisive Fossa
Residual Cyst
Simple Bone Cyst

CARIES

Dentin Caries
Enamel Caries
Teeth Lesions

DEVELOPMENTAL

Blue, Brown, Black, and Yellow Lesions
Fibrous Dysplasia
Fissured Tongue
Focal Melanosis
Fordyce's Granules
Hematopoietic Bone Marrow Defect
Jaw Lesions
Lingual Tonsil
Lingual Varicosities
Median Rhomboid Glossitis
Prominent Circumvallate Papillae
Prominent Incisive Fossa
Salivary Gland Depression
Tori, Exostoses, and Enostoses

HYPERPLASIA

Benign Keratosis
Epulis Fissuratum
Hairy Tongue
Inflammatory Papillary Hyperplasia
Irritation Fibrosis
Mucous Membrane Lesions
Nicotine Stomatitis
Osseous Dysplasia
Paget's Disease of Bone
Peripheral Fibroma
Peripheral Giant Cell Granuloma
Pyogenic Granuloma
Red Lesions
Teeth Lesions
Traumatic Neuroma

IATROGENIC

Blue, Brown, Black, and Yellow Lesions

INFLAMMATION

Acute Apical Abscess
Acute Inflammatory Lesions
Acute Pulpitis
Aphthous Stomatitis
Chronic Apical Periodontitis
Chronic Pulpitis
Condensing Osteitis
Geographic Tongue
Jaw Lesions
Lichen Planus
Major Aphthous Stomatitis
Mucocoele and Ranula
Mucous Membrane Lesions
Osteomyelitis
Primary Herpetic Gingivostomatitis
Pulp Hyperemia
Pulp Polyp
Recurrent Herpetic Gingivostomatitis
Suppurative Apical Periodontitis

KERATOTIC

Benign Keratosis
Mucous Membrane Lesions
White Lesions

NEOPLASTIC

Actinic Cheilosis
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumor
Ameloblastic Fibroma
Ameloblastoma
Benign Mixed Tumor
Carcinoma-in-Situ
Chondrosarcoma
Granular Cell Tumor
Hemangioma
Jaw Lesions
Lingual Tonsil
Lipoma
Lymphangioma
Metastatic Jaw Malignancies
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
Mucosal Dysplasia
Mucous Membrane Lesions
Neurilemmoma
Neurofibroma
Odontoma
Ossifying Fibroma
Osteosarcoma
Red Lesions
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Squamous Papilloma

A

Actinic Cheilosis
Acute Apical Abscess
Acute Inflammatory Lesions
Acute Pulpitis
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumor
Ameloblastic Fibroma
Ameloblastoma
Aphthous Stomatitis
Apical Cyst

B

Benign Keratosis
Benign Mixed Tumor
Benign Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid
Blue, Brown, Black, and Yellow Lesions

C

Carcinoma-in-Situ
Chondrosarcoma
Chronic Apical Periodontitis
Chronic Pulpitis
Condensing Osteitis

D

Dentigerous Cyst
Dentin Caries

E

Enamel Caries
Epulis Fissuratum

F

Fibrous Dysplasia
Fissured Tongue
Focal Melanosis
Fordyce's Granules

G

Geographic Tongue
Globulomaxillary Cyst
Granular Cell Tumor

H

Hairy Tongue
Hemangioma
Hematopoietic Bone Marrow Defect

I

Incisive Canal Cyst
Inflammatory Papillary Hyperplasia
Irritation Fibrosis

L

Lichen Planus
Lingual Tonsil
Lingual Varicosities
Lipoma
Lymphangioma

M

Major Aphthous Stomatitis
Median Palatal Cyst
Median Rhomboid Glossitis
Metastatic Jaw Malignancies
Mucocoele and Ranula
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
Mucosal Dysplasia
Mucous Membrane Lesions
Mucous Retention Cyst

N

Nasolabial Cyst
Neurilemmoma
Neurofibroma
Nicotine Stomatitis

O

Odontogenic Keratocyst
Odontoma
Osseous Dysplasia
Ossifying Fibroma
Osteomyelitis
Osteosarcoma

P

Paget's Disease of Bone
Pemphigus Vulgaris
Peripheral Fibroma
Peripheral Giant Cell Granuloma
Primary Herpetic Gingivostomatitis
Primordial Cyst
Prominent Circumvallate Papillae
Prominent Incisive Fossa
Pulp Hyperemia
Pulp Polyp
Pyogenic Granuloma

R

Mucocoele and Ranula
Recurrent Herpetic Gingivostomatitis
Red Lesions
Residual Cyst

S

Salivary Gland Depression
Simple Bone Cyst
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Squamous Papilloma
Suppurative Apical Periodontitis

T

Teeth Lesions
Tori, Exostoses, and Enostoses
Traumatic Neuroma