MUCOSAL LESIONS DUE TO ORAL COCAINE USE

Authors
PARRY J PORTER S SCULLY C FLINT S PARRY MG
Citation
J. Parry et al., MUCOSAL LESIONS DUE TO ORAL COCAINE USE, British Dental Journal, 180(12), 1996, pp. 462-464
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
British Dental Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070610
Volume
180
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
462 - 464
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0610(1996)180:12<462:MLDTOC>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Cocaine abuse is a major public health problem worldwide and is increa singly common in Europe. Oral use of cocaine in two patients resulted in unusual white lesions on their anterior maxillary gingivae/vestibul e. GDPs should be alert to this newly described lesion.