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Mouth & Teeth

69 diseases · 18 high-burden in India

Cleft lip and palate

Cleft lip is a medical condition where the upper lip has an opening from the perimeter of…

Dental abscess

A dental abscess is a localized collection of pus associated with a tooth. The most…

Dental caries (cavities)

Tooth decay, also known as caries, is the breakdown of teeth due to acids produced by…

Dental fluorosis

Dental fluorosis is a common disorder, characterized by hypocalcification of tooth enamel…

Epiglottitis

Epiglottitis is the inflammation of the epiglottis—the flap at the base of the tongue…

Gingivitis

Gingivitis, also known as ulitis, is a non-destructive disease that causes inflammation…

Gum disease (periodontitis)

Periodontal disease, also known as gum disease, is a set of inflammatory conditions…

Laryngeal cancer

Laryngeal cancer is a kind of cancer that can develop in any part of the larynx. It is…

Leukoplakia

Oral leukoplakia is a potentially malignant disorder affecting the oral mucosa. It is…

Ludwig's angina

Ludwig's angina is a type of severe cellulitis involving the floor of the mouth and is…

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), or nasopharynx cancer, is the most common cancer…

Noma

Noma is a rapidly-progressive and often-fatal gangrenous infection of the mouth and face.…

Oral cancer

Oral cancer, also known as oral cavity cancer, tongue cancer or mouth cancer, is a cancer…

Oral submucous fibrosis

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a chronic, complex, premalignant condition of the oral…

Pharyngitis (sore throat)

Pharyngitis is inflammation of the back of the throat, known as the pharynx. It typically…

Plummer–Vinson syndrome

Plummer–Vinson syndrome is a rare disease characterized by dysphagia, iron-deficiency…

Pulpitis

Pulpitis is inflammation of dental pulp tissue. The pulp contains the blood vessels, the…

Verrucous carcinoma

Verrucous carcinoma (VC) is an uncommon variant of squamous cell carcinoma. This form of…

Adenoid cystic carcinoma

Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare type of cancer that can exist in many different body…

Adenoid hypertrophy

Adenoid hypertrophy, also known as enlarged adenoids refers to an enlargement of the…

Ameloblastoma

Ameloblastoma is a rare, benign or cancerous tumor of odontogenic epithelium much more…

Amelogenesis imperfecta

Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a group of congenital disorders, involving the abnormal…

Angular cheilitis

Angular cheilitis (AC) is inflammation of one or both corners of the mouth. Often the…

Ankyloglossia (tongue-tie)

Ankyloglossia, also known as tongue-tie, is a congenital oral anomaly that may decrease…

Black hairy tongue

Black hairy tongue syndrome (BHT) is a condition of the tongue in which the small bumps…

Branchial cleft cyst

A branchial cleft cyst or simply branchial cyst is a cyst as a swelling in the upper part…

Burning mouth syndrome

Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a burning, tingling or scalding sensation in the mouth,…

Cherubism

Cherubism is a rare genetic disorder that causes prominence in the lower portion in the…

Cold sores

A cold sore is a type of herpes infection caused by the herpes simplex virus that affects…

Dentigerous cyst

A dentigerous cyst, also known as a follicular cyst, is an epithelial-lined developmental…

Dentinogenesis imperfecta

Dentinogenesis imperfecta (DI) is a genetic disorder of tooth development. It is…

Dry mouth (xerostomia)

Xerostomia, also known as dry mouth, is a subjective complaint of dryness in the mouth,…

Enamel hypoplasia

Enamel hypoplasia is a defect of the teeth in which the enamel is deficient in quantity,…

Epulis

Epulis is any tumor-like enlargement situated on the gingival or alveolar mucosa. The…

Fordyce spots

Fordyce spots are harmless and painless visible sebaceous glands typically appearing as…

Frey's syndrome

Frey's syndrome is a rare neurological disorder resulting from damage to or near the…

Geographic tongue

Geographic tongue, also known by several other terms, is a condition of the mucous…

Gingival enlargement

Gingival enlargement is an increase in the size of the gingiva (gums). It is a common…

Glossitis

Glossitis can mean soreness of the tongue, or more usually inflammation with…

Halitosis (bad breath)

Bad breath, also known as halitosis, is a symptom in which a noticeably unpleasant breath…

Hyperdontia

Hyperdontia is the condition of having supernumerary teeth, or teeth that appear in…

Hypodontia

Hypodontia is defined as the developmental absence of one or more teeth excluding the…

Impacted wisdom teeth

Impacted wisdom teeth is a condition where the third molars are prevented from erupting…

Laryngeal papillomatosis

Laryngeal papillomatosis, also known as recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) or…

Laryngitis

Laryngitis is inflammation of the larynx. Symptoms often include a hoarse voice to no…

Macroglossia

Macroglossia is the medical term for an unusually large tongue. Severe enlargement of the…

Mouth ulcers

A mouth ulcer (aphtha), or sometimes called a canker sore or salt blister, is an ulcer…

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is the most common type of minor salivary gland malignancy…

Odontogenic keratocyst

An odontogenic keratocyst is a rare and benign but locally aggressive developmental cyst.…

Odontoma

An odontoma, also known as an odontome, is a benign tumour linked to tooth development.…

Oral hairy leukoplakia

Hairy leukoplakia is a white patch on the side of the tongue with a corrugated or hairy…

Oral lichen planus

Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease that affects the…

Oral mucocele

A mucocele is a distension of a hollow organ or cavity because of mucus buildup.

Oral thrush

Oral candidiasis (Acute pseudomembranous candidiasis), also known as oral thrush, is…

Pericoronitis

Pericoronitis is inflammation of the soft tissues surrounding the crown of a partially…

Pleomorphic adenoma

Pleomorphic adenoma is a common benign salivary gland neoplasm characterised by…

Ranula

A ranula is a mucus extravasation cyst involving a sublingual gland and is a type of…

Reinke's edema

Reinke's edema is the swelling of the vocal cords due to fluid (Edema) collected within…

Salivary gland tumour

Salivary gland tumours, or neoplasms, are tumours that form in the tissues of salivary…

Salivary stones

Sialolithiasis is a crystallopathy where a calcified mass or sialolith forms within a…

Scurvy (Vitamin C)

Scurvy or scorbutus is a deficiency disease resulting from a lack of vitamin C. Early…

Sialadenitis

Sialadenitis (sialoadenitis) is inflammation of salivary glands, usually the major ones,…

Teeth grinding (bruxism)

Bruxism is excessive teeth grinding or jaw clenching. It is an oral parafunctional…

TMJ disorder

Temporomandibular joint dysfunction is a spectrum of disorders relating to pain and…

Tonsillitis

Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils in the upper part of the throat. It can be…

Torus mandibularis

Torus mandibularis is a bony growth in the mandible along the surface nearest to the…

Torus palatinus

A torus palatinus, or palatal torus, is a bony protrusion on the palate. Palatal tori are…

Vocal cord nodule

Vocal cord nodules are bilaterally symmetrical benign white masses (nodules) that form at…

Vocal cord paresis

Vocal cord paresis, also known as recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis or vocal fold…

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