Journals / Selcuk Dental Journal / 2026 / Volume: 12 Issue: 1

Malign Neoplasms of Gingiva and Alveolar Mucosa

Gingiva ve Alveolar Mukozanın Malign Neoplazmları

Umut Yaprak(DİCLE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİ FAKÜLTESİ, KLİNİK BİLİMLER BÖLÜMÜ, PERİODONTOLOJİ ANABİLİM DALI)0009-0008-7283-4836
Ela Tules Kadiroğlu(DİCLE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİ FAKÜLTESİ, KLİNİK BİLİMLER BÖLÜMÜ, PERİODONTOLOJİ ANABİLİM DALI)0000-0002-4129-0564
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2025-04-21
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This review aims to describe the clinical, radiographic, microscopic, and treatment aspects of malign neoplasms that might affect the gingiva and alveolar mucosa.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Clinicians encounter a variety of oral lesions that can originate from various etiologies, such as from infective, idiopathic, inflammatory, reactive, and neoplastic changes.
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Key Findings & Data:To make an accurate diagnosis, a clinician must take a comprehensive clinical history and have adequate information about the signs and symptoms, such as location, size, color, and morphology of the oral mucosal lesion.
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⚙️Variables:malign lesions · gingiva · alveolar mucosa

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Clinicians encounter a variety of oral lesions that can originate from various etiologies, such as from infective, idiopathic, inflammatory, reactive, and neoplastic changes. Neoplastic changes are rare compared with other affecting conditions, however, the oral cavity is one of the areas where tumors and tumor-like lesions most commonly develop and include both non-odontogenic and odontogenic lesions. Diseases affecting the oral mucosa are diverse and cover a broad spectrum of benign or malignant lesions. To make an accurate diagnosis, a clinician must take a comprehensive clinical history and have adequate information about the signs and symptoms, such as location, size, color, and morphology of the oral mucosal lesion. This review aims to describe the clinical, radiographic, microscopic, and treatment aspects of malign neoplasms that might affect the gingiva and alveolar mucosa.

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Klinisyenler, enfektif, idiyopatik, enflamatuar, reaktif ve neoplastik değişiklikler gibi çeşitli etiyolojilerden kaynaklanabilen çeşitli oral lezyonlarla karşılaşırlar. Neoplastik değişiklikler diğer etkileyen durumlarla karşılaştırıldığında nadirdir, ancak ağız boşluğu tümörlerin ve tümör benzeri lezyonların en sık geliştiği alanlardan biridir ve hem non-odontojenik hem de odontojenik lezyonları içerir. Ağız mukozasını etkileyen hastalıklar çok çeşitlidir ve benign veya malign lezyonlardan oluşan geniş bir spektrumu kapsar. Doğru bir tanı koymak için, klinisyen kapsamlı bir klinik öykü almalı ve oral mukozal lezyonun yeri, boyutu, rengi ve morfolojisi gibi belirti ve semptomlar hakkında yeterli bilgiye sahip olmalıdır. Bu derlemenin amacı, dişeti ve alveolar mukozayı etkileyebilecek malign neoplazmların klinik, radyografik, mikroskobik ve tedavi yönlerini tanımlamaktır.

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Yaprak, U., Kadiroğlu, E. T. (2025). Malign Neoplasms of Gingiva and Alveolar Mucosa. Selcuk Dental Journal, Volume: 12 Issue: 1. https://doi.org/10.15311/selcukdentj.1490723

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