title: Gastrointestinal diseases and their oro-dental manifestations: Part 2: Ulcerative colitis.
abstract: Ulcerative colitis is a rather common inflammatory bowel disease, especially in the industrialised world. A limited number of studies have reported the prevalence of oral signs and symptoms in these patients, and widely varying prevalence rates have been reported ranging from 2 to 34%. Pyostomatitis vegetans is the most pathognomonic oral sign but also other abnormalities as oral ulcerations, caries and periodontitis are more often seen in patients with ulcerative colitis. In this review we describe the oral manifestations of ulcerative colitis and their potential dental implications.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, VU University Medical Centre/Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA).
authors.forename: C X W
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, VU University Medical Centre/Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA).|Department of Oral Biochemistry, VU University Medical Centre/Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA).
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VU University Medical Centre.
authors.forename: N K H
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: de Boer
authors.affiliation: Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, VU University Medical Centre/Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA).
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Forouzanfar
mesh_terms: D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000209:etiology; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000209:etiology; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000209:etiology