What is malignant oral ulcers?

1 to find the cause of ulcer: with or without history of oral trauma, such as was the food burns, stabbed, bitten, etc.; whether the patient had oral mucosal disease; have oral trauma, no history of oral local pressure, swelling, functional limitation and mass, mostly for recurrent ulcers.

  

2 ulcer surface shape: surface towards the window or lit area, stainless steel spoon handle cheek poke through careful observation of the mirror to find the ulcer. Superficial ulcer is found, the surface smooth, the edge is not higher than normal mucosa, the color red, were round or oval, and multiple ulcers, the possibility of large benign. Conversely, the bottom of the deep depression ulcer, uneven surface, the edge of uplift, dark red, irregular, and a single large ulcer, they have to guard against the possibility of malignancy.

  

3 Touch ulcers: Wash hands, fingers lightly touch the ulcer and the surrounding area, feels soft and benign ulcers; around the ulcer base were palpable lump and hardness with the hardness of the tip of the nose and forehead to do the control, such as hardness with the tip of Dental Reviews the nose similar to medium hardness, and hardness similar to a high degree of hardness of the forehead. The higher the hardness of ulcers, the greater the likelihood of malignancy. Touch when you feel severe pain in the ulcers are good wins ulcers, malignant ulcer pain, the opposite is not obvious.

4 Touch lymph nodes: closed, four fingers close together on the right side with his left hand, left side with his right hand, gently touch the nearby lymph nodes. Touch order: first, touching the ear before and after the party, then to the mandibular angle, and finally touch the clavicle along the base of the throat has been careful to distinguish whether there is swelling of the lymph nodes. If you touch the enlarged lymph nodes should be carefully several times more than they touch the case to identify lymph nodes. Ulcers are usually caused by benign enlarged lymph nodes, the surface smooth, activities. Such as the lymph nodes touch the surface uneven, inactive, often malignancy.