We explore here an exhaustive list of skin conditions affecting the oral mucous membranes, covering the lips, gums, and tongue. These resources come from DermNet.
Oral Conditions: Infections and Non-Infectious Conditions
Common Oral Infections
Infections can manifest in the oral cavity causing various ailments, from inflammation at the corners of the mouth to systemic viral and fungal infections.
- Angular Cheilitis
- Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis
- Enterovirus infections
- Gingivitis and Periodontitis
- Hairy leukoplakia
- Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
- Herpangina
- Herpes simplex (cold sores)
- Herpes zoster (shingles)
- Kawasaki Disease
- Measles
- Necrotizing periodontal disease
- Oral candidiasis (thrush/canker sores)
- Scarlet fever (scarlatina)
Non-Infectious Conditions of the Oral Mucosa
This section details a wide variety of non-infectious problems affecting the oral environment, ranging from autoimmune conditions and allergic reactions to structural changes and neoplasms.
- Actinic Cheilitis
- Allergic contact cheilitis
- Amalgam Tattoo
- Hemorrhagic Bullous Angina
- Angioedema
- Canker sores
- Ascher's Syndrome
- Behçet's Disease
- Burning Mouth Syndrome
- Fissured Tongue
- Cheilitis
- Chronic ulcerative stomatitis
- Cicatricial Pemphigoid
- Contact cheilitis in musicians
- Contact Stomatitis
- Cutaneous lupus erythematosus
- Dental Sinus
- Denture Stomatitis
- Eczematous Cheilitis
- Epulis (gingival overgrowth)
- Eosinophilic ulcer of the oral mucosa
- Erosive Lichen Planus
- Erythema Multiforme
- Exfoliative Cheilitis
- Fissured Tongue
- Fistulas and sinuses of the neck and face
- Geographic tongue (benign migratory glossitis)
- Giant cell fibroma
- Gingival Enlargement
- Granulomatous Cheilitis
- Hereditary Gingival Fibromatosis
- Lichen Planus
- Linear IgA bullous dermatosis
- Malakoplakia
- Lip Mucocele
- Natal and Neonatal Teeth
- Nicotinic stomatitis
- Oral Allergy Syndrome
- Oral Cancer
- Oral Dysesthesia
- Irritative oral fibroma
- Oral Leukoplakia
- Oral lichenoid drug eruption
- Oral Lichen Planus
- Oral Submucous Fibrosis
- Orofacial Crohn's Disease
- Orofacial manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease
- Orofacial Granulomatosis
- Paraneoplastic Pemphigus
- Pemphigus vulgaris
- Peripheral Odontogenic Fibroma
- Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma
- Pigmented Contact Cheilitis
- Pyodermatitis-Pyostomatitis Vegetans
- Retrocuspid papilla
- Riga-Fede Disease
- Scurvy
- Solar cheilitis
- Stevens-Johnson syndrome / Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN)
- Stomatitis
- Teeth
- Tongue conditions
- Torus (exostosis)
- Transient Lingual Papillitis
- White spongy nevus
This comprehensive reference crosses multiple specialties, from dentistry and dermatology to internal medicine, offering a detailed overview of pathologies that can affect oral mucosal health.
