RECURRENT APHTHOUS STOMATITIS

Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is the most common oral mucosal di sease in North America. In some instances, RAS represents the central feature of the multisystem disease complex Behcet's syndrome. This art icle reviews the clinical features, contributing etiologic factors, an d etiopathogenesis of RAS and Behcet's syndrome and describes therapeu tic considerations and strategies essential to management of patients suffering from recurrent mouth ulcers.