Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2009
A 40-year-old patient complains about a long-existing fissure in the central part of red border of his lower lip. He has been smoking from the age of 16. Objectively: there is a deep 1,0 cm long fissure along the median line of red border of the lower lip, the fissure edges are bulgi-ngl. Characteristic quality of the fissure is its spontaneous healing, but after epi-thelization the fissure recurs. The patient was diagnosed with chronic fissure of the lower lip. Conservative treatment proved to be ineffective. Choose the most appropriate treatment method in this situation:
Answer options
- Cryodestruction
- Diathermo-coagulation
- Excision within evidently healthy tissues
- Close-focus roentgenotherapy
- Excision 0,5 cm off the neoplasm limits
Correct answer
Excision within evidently healthy tissues
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