stomatitis
Sign in to saveAlso known as gingivostomatitis, Oral Mucositis, mouth mucosaitis, mouth mucosa inflammation, Mucositis oral
Stomatitis is inflammation of the mouth and lips. It refers to any inflammatory process affecting the mucous membranes of the mouth and lips, with or without oral ulceration.
Key facts
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- An infant with stomatitis due to kwashiorkor and an accompanying Vitamin B deficiency.
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- Dermatology
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Research
35,152 papers- Stomatitis.The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice · 1983
- Contact stomatitis.Clinics in dermatology · 2017
- Recurrent aphtous stomatitis.Minerva stomatologica · 2018
- [Stomatitis migrans].Swiss dental journal · 2024
- Uremic stomatitis.Kidney international · 2024
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Causes
- Nutritional deficiency
- Aphthous stomatitis
- Angular stomatitis
- Denture-related stomatitis
- Allergic contact stomatitis
- Migratory stomatitis
- Herpetic gingivostomatitis
- Irradiation and chemotherapy
- Necrotizing ulcerative gingivostomatitis
- Stomatitis nicotina
- Chronic ulcerative stomatitis
- Plasma cell gingivostomatitis
- Other forms of stomatitis
- Stomatitis in reptiles and non-mammalian species
- Causes
- Immunological Response to Pathogenic Bacteria
- References
- External links
Stomatitis is inflammation of the mouth and lips. It refers to any inflammatory process affecting the mucous membranes of the mouth and lips, with or without oral ulceration.
In its widest meaning, stomatitis can have a multitude of different causes and appearances. Common causes include infections, nutritional deficiencies, allergic reactions, radiotherapy, and many others.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “stomatitis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.