Soft and Hard Tissue Lesions

TOPIC: SOFT AND HARD TISSUE LESSION

📌 POINTS TO PONDER 

🔹Wickham striae - Interlacing white lines are the hallmark of Reticular oral lichen planus. 

🔹Nikolsky’s sign is the hallmark of Pemphigus vulgaris. 

🔹Target or iris lesions with central clearing are the hallmark of erythema multiforme.

🔹Pemphigus vulgaris lesions demonstrate a characteristic intraepithelial clefting or vesiculation above the basal cell layer with a characteristic “tombstone” appearance.

🔹Keratotic lesions: These are small-raised, round white papules of pinhead size with a flattened surface and usually present on the attached gingiva.