How Oral Specialists Can Help Diagnose and Manage Extra-Digestive Inflammatory Bowel Disease Complications

We present, in this article, two original cases and a concept map that highlights the need for a close collaboration between the dental surgeon or oral specialist, the dermatologist, and the gastroenterologist. In the first case, the strictly local management of a systemic IBD oral complication, can relieve and answer the patient ’s complaint without modifying or disrupting the systemic treatment already implemented by the gastroenterologists. In the second case, the dental surgeon’s diagnosis of gingival enlargement turns out to be the inaugural manifestation of Crohn’s disease and allows early treatment of the intest inal pathology. These two cases illustrate the close link between the oral cavity and IBD. Knowledge and multidisciplinary management of these manifestations such as proposed in the concept map are essential for clinicians for the early diagnosis and the improvement of the oral and general quality o f life of patients suffering from IBD.Case Rep Gastroenterol 2021;15:276 –281
Source: Case Reports in Gastroenterology - Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: research