Oral manifestations of Crohn’s disease: A case report

Abstract

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflamma-tory bowel disease still with unknown etiology. In 0.5–20% of patients, extra intestinal lesions in the oral cavity can be presented in forms of orofacial granulo-matosis, cobblestone and corrugated oral mucosa, mu-cosal tags, deep linear ulcerations with hyperplastic folds, pyostomatits vegetans, aphthous ulcers, angular cheilitis, labial/facial edema and gingival erythema/ede-ma. We describe a case of a 28-year-old male who was presented with oral lesions of Crohn's disease and treat-ment procedure. The patient was candidate for biologic treatment so dental procedures and preparation of the patient for treatment are described. Good communica-tion and cooperation between the patient's doctor and dentist are important for successful treatment.