A colleague in the practice of dental medicine referred to me a 40-year old female with a large pinkish, cauliflower-like mass on her lower right buccal gingival. It apparently started 2 months prior to the consult as a small pinkish pedunculated mass, nontender, that was often irritated during teeth brushing. She wanted it removed. Without biopsy, the characteristic of the mass is more consistent with squamous papilloma. I scheduled her for excision biopsy under local anesthesia. More and more people are experiencing some ‘growths’ in their oral cavity. I think this is mainly related to the lifestyle we have adapted these years. Smoking, eating food with irritants or preservatives etc. are the usual culprits. For information, these are the more common growths and tumors that we usually see in the oral cavity. Please be guided and consult your dentists if you notice something similar in your mouth. Abscess This is a soft, pus containing swelling. Th...
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A co-worker who came from the Philippines recently gave me one of those posters and it now hangs in my office. It reminded me of that one Christmas that we as a class celebrated with the kids in Ermita.
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that was quite an unforgettable christmas, wasn't it? sana maulit natin yon someday.
Rio
Why not, maybe someday. Let's pool our resources (time, talent, and money)together and surely we will make a great difference. In fact, here in the US, we founded the Annak ti Paoay Foundation, Inc. which aims to help and exend assistance to poor people in the Philippines especially our hometown Paoay. I invite you to become a member since you have your roots from Paoay too. Maybe someday, we will need your help in providing medical and dental mission in there. You can log in our website at paoay.com. I hope you could be a part of this.
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Rio