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Periodontal
Disease

Dental Caries

Aphthous Ulcer

Recurrent Herpetic
Labialis

Oral Tumour

Angular Cheilitis

Denture induced
Stomatitis

Early Dental Caries:

The early stage of dental caries occurs in the enamel of a tooth. Early Dental Caries is usually painless and the tooth surface seems intact when examined by the naked eye. Caries at the adjacent tooth surfaces are even more difficult to be detected and they often need to be confirmed by X-ray.

Treatment:

The early caries lesions can be repaired by highly concentrated topical fluoride applied by dentist.

Dental Caries spreads into dentine:

A cavity appears on the tooth and pain is felt when eating.
Treatment:
	A filling can be placed if the caries lesion is relatively small and the structure of the tooth remains strong.
	A crown has to be made when caries lesion is wide-spread and the remaining tooth structure is weak.

Dental Caries spreads into pulp:

At this stage, the caries lesion is very obvious and causes severe pain. The pulp tissues are infected by the bacteria and may become necrotic. The bacteria may even spread from the pulp to the surrounding periodontal tissues via the apex of the tooth, cause inflammation and lead to the formation of abscess.
Treatment:
	Endodontic treatment followed by filling or crown, depending on the condition of the remaining tooth structure.
	If pulp treatment is not applicable, an extraction will be necessary.