Received: December 12, 2002.  Accepted: December 16, 2002.  Published online: February 14, 2004.

ORAL MANIFESTATIONS OF SYPHILIS: A REVIEW

SOARES A.B.1, GONZAGA H.F.S.2, JORGE M.A.3, BARRAVIERA S.R.C.S.4

1. Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba, Universidade de Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brasil; 2. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estomatopatologia, Faculdade de Odontologia, UNICAMP, Piracicaba, São Paulo e Faculdade de Medicina de Marília (UNIMAR), Marília, São Paulo, Brasil; 3. Centro de Ensino Superior de Dracena (CESD), Dracena, São Paulo, Brasil; 4. Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu e Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos (CEVAP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil.

ABSTRACT. Syphilis is an infection disease that shows phases that associated to specific oral lesions. Therefore, it is important that health professionals should be familiar with the various oral manifestations of syphilis in each of its various stages and be prepared to refer any suspicious patient for further evaluation. This report describes the most clinical factors the each of its stages the syphilis, pointing out oral manifestations.

KEYWORDS: Syphilis, oral lesions, Treponema pallidum.

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