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Diseases and Disorders
Links pertaining to Stomatognathic Diseases
 
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Contents:
Ankyloglossia (not on MeSH) - Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome - Behcet Syndrome - Bell Palsy - Bruxism - Burning Mouth Syndrome - Cheilitis - Cherubism - Cleft Lip - Dentigerous Cyst - Facial Hemiatrophy - Facial Neuralgia - Facial Paralysis - Gingivitis - Glossitis, Benign Migratory - Herpes Labialis - Jaw Diseases - Ludwig's Angina - Macroglossia - Malocclusion - Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome - Mouth Neoplasms - Mumps - Periodontal Diseases - Pharyngeal Diseases - Pharyngitis - Pierre Robin Syndrome - Prognathism - Ranula - Salivary Gland Diseases - Sialorrhea - Sjogren's Syndrome - Stevens-Johnson Syndrome - Stomatitis, Aphthous - Stomatognathic Diseases - Temporomandibular Joint Disorders - Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome - Tonsillar Neoplasms - Xerostomia -


  Stomatognathic Diseases   
  ABC of Oral Health [Scully and Shotts] - StudentBMJ (UK)
  On Oral Examination [D Lynch] - eMedicine
  Oral Diseases [A Nouel] - Clinical de Ortodonica, Dominican Republic
  Oral Pathology [JE Bouquot]
  Oral Pathology Review Images - Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
  The US Nat'l Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
  About the Oral Cavity and Teeth Diseases [E. Friedlander] Pathology Lectures - (US)
  Oral Manifestations of AIDS - WHO Oral Health Programme
  Bond's Book of Oral Diseases , 4th edition, 1999
  Facial and Mandibular Fractures [ML Richardson] - Washington U. (US)
  On Craniofacial, Orthognathic Surgery [Patel and Morris] - eMedicine (US)
  About Orthognatic Surgery - Wikipedia
  Links to Dentistry Resources - KIB (SE)

   Jaw Diseases   
   Taking it on the jaw. (A case of neglected tooth infection) - Discover Magazine, Oct 1999

    Cherubism   
    Cherubism: Familial Fibrous Dysplasia of the Jaws [N Thompson]
    About Cherubism - OMIM/NCBI (US)
    Growing Up With Cherubism [V Lucas] - BBC (UK)

    Jaw Abnormalities   

     Pierre Robin Syndrome   
     A guide to Understanding Pierre Robin Sequence - CCA KIds
     Of interest to Clefts due to Pierre Robin - WideSmiles
     The Pierre Robin Network
     Pierre Robin Sequence - The Nat'l Craniofacial Association (US)
     OMIM article on Pierre Robin Syndrome - NCBI (US)

     Prognathism   
     About Prognathism, Mandibular ('Habsburg Jaw') - OMIM/NCBI (US)
     A brief history of the 'Habsburg Chin') [J Siple]


    Jaw Cysts   

     Odontogenic Cysts   

      Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome   
     See another page

      Dentigerous Cyst   
      A case of Dentigerous Cyst [SR Tucker]


     Craniomandibular Disorders   

      Temporomandibular Joint Disorders   
      Temporomadibular Joint Tutorial [Gillespy & Richardson] - Washington U. (US)
      About the Temporomadibular Joint and TMJ Disorders - AAOMS (US)
      TMJ Association, Ltd.
      Temporomandibular Joint Disease [K.E. Goldman] - (US)
      About Common symptoms and complaints associated with TMJ sisorders [E Reiman]
      Cranio [journal] - (US)

       Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome   
       About Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome [A Chaudhary] - eMedicine


     Prognathism   
    See another location


   Mouth Diseases   

    Behcet Syndrome   
   See another page

    Bell Palsy   
   See another page

    Burning Mouth Syndrome   
    Burning Mouth and Sjogren's Syndrome [AE Mott] - U. of Connecticut HC (US)
    Burning Mouth Syndrome [Grushka et al.] - AFP (US)

    Facial Hemiatrophy   
   See another page

    Facial Neuralgia   
   See another page

    Facial Paralysis   
   See another page

    Lip Diseases   

     Cheilitis   
     Brief notes on Angular Cheilitis, and Cheilitis - Dr Hull
     About Perleche - South Orlando Dermatology (US)
     Actinic Cheilitis [images] - DermIS (DE)
     About Actinic Cheilosis - Bond's Book of Oral Diseases, 4th ed.
     On Oral Yeast Infections (Oral candidiasis, Thrush) - Wikipedia

     Cleft Lip   
     Introduction to Cleft Lip & Palate - Baylor College (US)
     Scientists Discover How Maternal Smoking Can Cause Cleft Lip and Palate - NIH/NIDCR, Jan 2007
     The American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association & Cleft Palate Foundation
     On the Van der Woude Syndrome [GP Conners] - eMedicine
     Wide Smiles - (US)
     CLAPA - Cleft Lip and Palate Associetaion - (UK)
     Smiles - (US)
     Cleft Lip and Palate - Pictures Before/After Surgery - Int'l Craniofacial Institute, TX (US)
     Prescription Parents, Inc.
     About Cleft lip and palate - World Craniofacial Foundation
     A guide to Understanding Cleft Lip and Palate - CCA Kids
     Cleft Lip with Trisomy 13 [picture; EC Klatt]

     Herpes Labialis   
     Fever Blisters, or Cold Sores - Animated-Teeth
     About the distinction between Fever Blisters and Canker Sores - MedlinePlus/ADAM
     A few tips about Preventing Cold Sores - Mayo Clinic (US)
     Pictures of Cold Sores - CDC, via Hardin MD (US)
     Herpes Simplex Labialis [pictures] - DermAtlas


    Ludwig's Angina   
    About Ludwig's Angina - BSAC (UK)
    Ludwig's Angina in a 38-year old male with advanced AIDS - MedWorld, Stanford (US)

    Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome   
    Cheilitis Granulomatosa (Miescher-Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome) [C Scully] - eMedicine

    Mouth Abnormalities   

     Cleft Lip   
    See another location


    Mouth Neoplasms   
   See another page

    Periodontal Diseases   
    Periodontal Diseases - NIDCR (US)

      Gingivitis   
      About Gingivitis [links] - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (US)


    Ranula   
   See another page

    Salivary Gland Diseases   
    An image of the main Salivary Glands - Mayo Clinic (US)
    Chemical Composition and Functions of Salia [PowerPoint slides; DE Lopatin]
    Salivary Gland Disorders - Baylor Coll. of Medicine (US)
    Synopsis of Salivary Gland Swellings - Dalhousie Univ., Toronto (CA)
    About the Salivary Glands , and Salivary Gland Disease - AAO-HNS (US)
    Salivary Gland Diseases [JM Thomas] - (UK)
    Salivary Gland Tumors , including, e.g., a brief summary of the clinical features of Warthin's Tumor - FBS (FR)
    Parotidectomy (removal of the parotid gland) - YourSurgery.com
    Salivary Gland Development Database [Hunter & Davies] - Edinburgh (UK)

       Mumps   
      See another page


     Sialorrhea   
     Drooling - Wikipedia
     Drooling [Vaughn and Brown] - eMedicine
     About Atropine Sulfate and Sialorrhea (Excessive Drooling) - Hope Pharm., Inc. (US)

     Xerostomia   
     Dry Mouth (Xerostomia) - Mayo Clinic (US)
     A Dry Mouth (Xerostomia) brochure from NIDCR/NIH (US)
     On Radiation induced Dry Mouth - OncoLink, UPenn (US)
     See also under Sjogren Syndrome [links]

      Sjogren's Syndrome   
     See another page


    Stomatitis   

     Stevens-Johnson Syndrome   
    See another page

     Stomatitis, Aphthous   
     About Canker Sore (aphthous stomatitis, aphthae) - Mayo Clinic (US)
     Mouth Ulcers [Scully and Shotts] - StudentBMJ, Nov 2000
     About the distinction between Fever Blisters/Cold Sores and Canker Sores - MedlinePlus/ADAM
     See also under Behcet Syndrome [links]


    Tongue Diseases   

     Glossitis   

      Glossitis, Benign Migratory   
      About Glossitis - Adam, via MedlinePlus
      Geographic Tongue [picture] - MediScan
      Migratory Glossitis (Geographic Tongue) - Bond's Book of Oral Diseases, 4th ed.


     Macroglossia   
     About Macroglossia [Maresky et al] - Baylor College (US)

    Ankyloglossia (not on MeSH)
     Brief note about Ankyloglossia (Tongue-Tie) - Pritzer School of Medicine, Chicago (US)


   Pharyngeal Diseases   
  See another page

      Tonsillar Neoplasms   
     See another page


    Pharyngitis   
   See another page

     Retropharyngeal Abscess   
    See another page

     Tonsillitis   
    See another page


    Maxillofacial Abnormalities   

     Jaw Abnormalities   

      Pierre Robin Syndrome   
     See another location

      Prognathism   
     See another location


    Mouth Abnormalities   

     Cleft Lip   
    See another location


   Temporomandibular Joint Disorders   
  See another location

    Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome   
   See another location


   Tooth Diseases   

    Malocclusion   
    About Malocclusion of teeth - MedlinePlus/ADAM
    Malocclusion with overbite/underbite [images]

    Bruxism   
    Bruxism/Tooth Grinding - Mayo Clinic
    About Bruxism - Wikipedia
    On potential Problems with Mouth Guards (against teeth grinding) [B Somtok] - eZine
    On Bruxism - [M Hafernik]

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