ORAL MUCOSA INJURIES

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May 19, 2024

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Constant biting of cheeks and lips can be a bad habit caused by stress. Sometimes these repetitive behaviors can be one of the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. In addition, bite problems often occur due to temporomandibular joint diseases and bite pathologies. A person can also injure the mucosa with a filling or a sharp edge of a tooth, if it is located outside the dental arch or its wells are excessively sharp due to individual anatomical features.

There are cases of asymptomatic disease. With a strong, aggressive bite, complaints of pain, burning in the mucous membrane and sometimes swelling appear. Since the mucous membrane is constantly provided with mechanical irritation, the production of more keratin in the epithelium is stimulated