title: [Biopsies, how and when?].
abstract: The subject is technique and indication for biopsies in the dental office. Should the dentist take biopsies at all? The literature on the subject is controversial. The author warns against the practice of biopsies in the presence of large tumors or when malignancies are suspected. Biopsies should remain part of the main treatment in the respective special clinic. On the other hand, a dentist may make small excision biopsies on small and harmless tissue changes of the mucosa in order to send them in for histological checking.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D003770:Dental Offices; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Probeexzision wie und wann?