Preventive Oral Medicine: Consultation Available at Hospital da Luz Setúbal

Preventive Oral Medicine: Consultation Available at Hospital da Luz Setúbal

30-04-19

Oral Medicine is the area of medicine dedicated to the observation, diagnosis, treatment and following-up of lesions in the oral and labial mucosa, developing in three major areas: benign diseases, potentially malignant diseases and oral cancer early screening.

In this line, Hospital da Luz Setúbal has now available a consultation of Preventive Oral Medicine, coordinated by physician Marta Galrito.

'In the mouth, even a benign disease causes considerable discomfort, pain and deterioration of quality of life, since the patient is unable to feed, talk or swallow normally. Quite often, these lesions are oral manifestations of systemic diseases. Moreover, which is a fact generally unknown to patients and health professionals, these lesions are potentially malignant and should be followed-up as such', explains Marta Galrito.

Oral cancer is the sixth most frequent at world level, usually arising from potentially malignant oral lesions (such as leucoplasy), its early detection being fundamental.

In this context, Hospital da Luz Setúbal offers contact endoscopy, an innovating diagnostic technique allowing the visualization of epithelial cells of the mouth and microvascular network, in a painless and efficient manner, in order to diagnose this kind of lesions and even very early oral carcinomas, as well as following-up patients with pre-malignant lesions.

In the area of Oral Medicine, Hospital da Luz Setúbal also uses low-intensity laser for the treatment of lesions, such as ulcers, thrushes, labial herpes, angular cheilitis, burning mouth syndrome and post-radiotherapy mucositis, which allows immediate pain relief and a very fast healing of the mucosa.

For appointment scheduling, use the habitual channels (app, site, reception desk or phone [phone]).

More information on this and other services of Stomatology and Dental Medicine here.