Facial Atrophy in Oral Submucous Fibrosis: An Association or a Coincidence

Case Rep Dent. 2016:2016:2080467. doi: 10.1155/2016/2080467. Epub 2016 May 31.

Abstract

The anecdotal clinical presentation of OSMF that includes vesicle formation, burning sensation, intolerance to hot and spicy food, and trismus due to circumoral fibrous bands has been ringing in our ears for decades but the current paper flags novelty by portraying a rare presentation of an advanced stage of OSMF.