CB.jpeg A 45-year-old male patient visits your practice com…
CB.jpeg A 45-year-old male patient visits your practice complaining of extreme pain on his lower back tooth. He also complained that he believes the infection is spreading to his cheek and it has also become very painful. Upon taking a history, the patient informed you that he has been placing aspirin powder directly on the tooth as the pain was too severe. A clinical examination reveals a deep carious lesion on the 36. The intra-oral examination also revealed a white lesion in the buccal sulcus adjacent to the 36. Special investigations in the form of a periapical radiograph revealed a carious lesion extending into the dental pulp of the 36. How would you comprehensively manage this patient?
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Oral-squamous-cell-carcinoma-left-lateral-tongue.png A 53-year-old male visits your practice complaining of a long-standing, non-healing lesion on the lateral surface of his tongue. The patient claims that it has been present for more than six months. He delayed consulting, as he hoped it would disappear by itself. A clinical examination reveals an oral ulcer with rolled out, indurated, hard borders. Social history: The patient smokes 15 cigarettes a day and only consumes alcohol on weekends How would you managed this patient?
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