STOMATITIS IN CHILDREN

By stomatitis is meant the inflammation of the oral mucosa, while gingivitis refers only to the inflammation of one of its portions, namely the gingiva.
The gingiva is the part of the oral mucosa that covers the alveolar arches (alveolar processes) of the maxilla and mandible.

Contents

1. Biology of the Oral Cavity
2. Types of Oral Mucosa
3. Physiology of the Oral Mucosa
4. Aphthous Stomatitis
5. Periodic Fever with Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Cervical Adenitis
6. Behçet’s Disease
7. Angular Stomatitis (Angular Cheilitis, Perlèche)
8. Benign Migratory Glossitis (Geographic Tongue)
9. Candidal Stomatitis (Oral Candidiasis)
10. Herpetic Gingivostomatitis
11. Herpangina
12. Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease
13. Therapy of Oral Lesions