Prevalence of Biopsied Oral, Skin and Oral and Skin Lesions of Mucocutaneous Diseases in Patients Visiting a Dental School in Northern India

Mucocutaneous diseases are those which apart from affecting skin also involve the mucous membranes throughout the body, including the oral mucosa. Quite a few lesions are characteristically so typical that there is no doubt about the clinical diagnosis. However, there are few which are not so characteristic. However, the final diagnosis requires confirmation by laboratory tests such as histopathological examination, antibody titers and immunofluorescence studies. Although, immunofluorescence is a confirmatory procedure histological diagnosis is still of great value, particularly in the early stages of the disease when the clinical features may not yet have evolved sufficiently to allow for a confident diagnosis. Therefore, the present study focuses on the prevalence of oral, skin, and oral and skin lesions of Mucocutaneous Lesions.