ORAL MANIFESTATIONS OF CROHNS DISEASE: A CASE REPORT

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.