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Emergency Dental Service
When Teeth Tell a 
Dental ClueSs ttoo rSyystemic 
Diseases
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ORAL POSSIBLE SYSTEMIC 
FINDING ASSOCIATION
Enlarged / Leukemia and other hematological disorders
bleeding gingiva
Dental Signs That May Delayed healing & recurrent Diabetes 
Point to Systemic Disease infections
mellitus
Severe Sjögren syndrome, medications
What Can the Dentist xerostomia
Notice? Enamel Nutritional/metabolic disturbances during 
hypoplasia tooth development
Multiple Xerostomia, dietary factors, certain 
unexplained caries medications
Recurrent oral Nutritional deficiencies, immune-mediated conditions
ulcers
Tooth Genetic or developmental 
abnormalities disorders
Loss of Periodontitis; may be associated with systemic 
periodontal inflammatory conditions
attachment
CLINICA Oral findings are clues—not 
L PEARL A dendtisit ashgounld ocosnseidser. the patient’s history, medications, clinical examination, and 
appropriate investigations before linking an oral finding to a systemic disease.
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The Mouth Does Not Exist in 
Isolation
The mouth does not 
exist
in isolation—the oral 
cavity
can reflect what is 
hapREpMeEMnBiEng throughout 
the boRdy.
A dental finding can raise
suspicion, but definitive 
diagnosis
requires appropriate medical
evaluation and investigations.
Dental Clinical Appropriat Diagnosi
Findin Suspicio e s
g n Evaluation
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From Dental Chair to 
DThiea Dgenntisot’ss Riosle in Recognizing Systemic Disease
1 OBSERV 2 AS 3 CORRELAT 4 INVESTIGATE / 
E K E REFER
Identify unusual Review medical Determine whether the Recommend appropriate 
changes in teeth, history, medications, oral finding could have medical evaluation or 
gingiva, mucosa, symptoms, diet, and a local explanation or a referral when indicated.
saliva, and healing. family history. possible systemic 
association.
WHY THIS MATTERS
Some systemic Early recognition can Dentists therefore play an 
conditions may first lead to timely medical important role in 
become apparent evaluation. interdisciplinary healthcare.
through oral findings.
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Us
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