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Oral Malignant Melanoma: A rare but aggressive cancer of the mouth
Oral malignant melanoma is a rare, aggressive pigmented cancer of the mouth lining. Learn the warning signs and why early biopsy is critical.
Updated 24 May 2026
Amalgam Tattoo: When amalgam particles stain the gum
Amalgam tattoos are harmless grey-black spots from dental amalgam particles. Learn how dentists tell them apart from more serious oral pigmentation.
Updated 24 May 2026
Addisons Disease (Oral Pigmentation): When the mouth turns brown
Addison's disease can show up first as brown patches in the mouth. Here's why oral pigmentation matters and what your dentist will look for.
Updated 24 May 2026
White Sponge Naevus (Cannon's Disease): A benign inherited white change of the mouth
White sponge naevus is a rare inherited condition with harmless thick spongy white patches in the mouth. Here's how it's diagnosed and why no treatment is usually needed.
Updated 24 May 2026
Verrucous Carcinoma: A Slow-Growing White Warty Lesion in the Mouth
Verrucous carcinoma is a slow-growing, warty oral cancer often mistaken for leukoplakia. Learn how biopsy confirms it and why surgery is the main treatment.
Updated 24 May 2026
Sublingual Keratosis
Sublingual keratosis is a white patch in a high-risk site of the mouth that needs biopsy. Here's why floor-of-mouth lesions are taken seriously.
Updated 24 May 2026
Pseudomembranous Candidiasis (Oral Thrush)
Pseudomembranous candidiasis (oral thrush) is a creamy white wipe-off Candida infection. Here's how to recognise triggers and clear it with antifungal treatment.
Updated 24 May 2026
Bullous Pemphigoid: when tense skin blisters are the main story (and the mouth sometimes joins in)
Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune blistering disease of elderly skin that occasionally involves the mouth. Learn how it differs from pemphigus and how it's treated.
Updated 24 May 2026