Volume 65 Number 5&6 October/November 1998	back to contents

Oral Manifestations of Systemic Diseases	309
Richard G. Long, D.D.S.1, Lubor Hlousek, M.D., D.M.D.1, And John L. Doyle, D.D.S., M.Sc.D.2
From the 1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and 2Clinical Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, New Jersey Dental School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ. 1Resident and 2Professor. Address correspondence to John L. Doyle, D.D.S., M.Sc.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Dental School, Department of Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, Room C-829, 110 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 10703-2400.

ABSTRACT
Many systemic diseases have oral manifestations. The oral cavity might well be thought of as the window to the body because oral manifestations accompany many systemic diseases. These oral manifestations must be properly recognized if the patient is to receive appropriate diagnosis and referral for treatment. We have reviewed a series of recent articles and summarized known and newly described oral manifestations of several systemic diseases. The lesions of the oral mucosa, tongue, gingiva, dentition, periodontium, salivary glands, facial skeleton, extraoral skin and other related structures caused by some of the more common systemic diseases are highlighted.

KEY WORDS
Oral manifestations, anemia, leukemia, rheumatology, neoplasm, metastasis, diabetes mellitus, uremia, Crohn's disease, endocrinology

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