Oral syphilis: a series of 5 cases.

Hertel, Moritz; Matter, Daniel; Schmidt-Westhausen, Andrea M.; Bornstein, Michael M. (2014). Oral syphilis: a series of 5 cases. Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, 72(2), pp. 338-345. Elsevier 10.1016/j.joms.2013.07.015

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Syphilis is an infectious, usually sexually transmitted, disease caused by Treponema pallidum, subspecies pallidum. Because of the increasing prevalence in Europe during the past few years, dentists could be confronted with patients with oral manifestations of syphilis. Because oral lesions are highly contagious, it is vital to make the correct diagnosis quickly to initiate the proper therapy and to interrupt the chain of infection. We present the cases of 5 patients with syphilis-related oral lesions. These cases are representative because of their clinical presentation, age, and gender distribution and the diagnostic approach. The aim of the present report is to emphasize the importance of the dentist knowing and identifying syphilis in different stages to diagnose the disease and institute treatment at an early stage.

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