Plasma cell periodontitis: A rare disease entity with unique clinical and histopathological features.

Plasmacytoid mucositis is a rare form of periodontal disease characterized by the infiltration of plasma cells into the gingival tissues. This case report highlights a unique case of plasmacytoid mucositis with periodontal involvement in a young woman. A 32-year-old female presented with gingival hyperplasia and cheilitis.

Ossifying fibroma from surgical excision to periodontal management: case report.

Introduction And Importance: Peripheral ossifying fibroma is one of the commonly occurring reactive benign lesions that occurs in the gingiva, predominantly in females, especially in the anterior maxillary region of young women and in pediatric patients. It causes unsatisfactory esthetics, difficulty in maintaining good oral hygiene and difficulty in mastication.The importance of this clinical case is to emphasize the interest of early management of the residual defect after the removal of the gum growth.

The therapeutic dental challenge of xeroderma pigmentosum patients: case report.

Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a rare genetic disease characterized by a hypersensitivity to ultraviolet (UV) radiation leading to defective deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) repair and predisposing to skin tumorigenesis. This paper reports the safe approaches used for the dental treatment of XP patients, controlling the ultraviolet (UV) sources at the dental office. An XP 29-year-old woman was referred for oral pain and sensitivity at the service of periodontology, UV rays were checked with a UV-meter.

[Laryngeal tuberculosis].

Introduction: The aim of this study was to highlight the diagnostic problems posed by laryngeal tuberculosis and to incite practitioners to seek it more frequently, especially with the current resurgence in tuberculosis.

Patients And Methods: Eleven cases of laryngeal tuberculosis were diagnosed over a period of 4 years and included in a retrospective study.

Results: We identified seven men and four women (average age 43 years).