The British Society for Oral Medicine
PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLETS
 Patients may find the following information leaflets useful.  Unless stated otherwise, these have
been prepared by Professor C. Scully CBE as PDF files that may be down-loaded.
Aphthous ulceration  
Atypical facial pain
Bell’s palsy
Biopsy
Biopsy care
Burning mouth syndrome
Cold sores
Corticosteroid (systemic tablet) treatment
Dental appliance (denture) care
Denture sore mouth (denture-related stomatitis)
Diet Free of Cinnamon and Benzoates
Dry mouth
Dry mouth - 10 steps towards managing a dry mouth
Geographic tongue
Keratosis (leukoplakia)
Keratosis (leukoplakia) - provisional diagnosis
Lichen planus  
Lichen planus (provisional diagnosis)   
Malodour (halitosis)
Mucocoele
Oral hygiene
Oral cancer prevention
Orofacial granulomatosis
Pemphigoid
Pemphigoid (provisional diagnosis)
Pemphigus
Pemphigus (provisional diagnosis)
Pigmented mouth lesions  
Sjogren’s syndrome
Sjogren’s syndrme (provisional diagnosis)
Taste disturbance
Taste disturbance: 10 steps towards control
Temperomandibular joint (TMJ) pain dysfunction
Temperomandibular joint (TMJ) pain dysfunction: 4 steps towards control
Thalidomide: patient information
Thalidomide: prescribers information
Tobacco
Trigeminal neuralgia 1
Trigeminal neuralgia 2 (Dr. J. M. Zakrzewska)

 Printed patient leaflets prepared by Society members have been published by the