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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2012

Objective examination of a 10-year-old child revealed that the whole lower lip was slightly hyperemic, infiltrated, dry, covered with small scales. Architectonics of lips is changed. The child complains of dryness and a feeling of tense lips, especially in autumn and winter. The child had a bad habit of lip sucking. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Meteorological cheilitis
  2. Microbial cheilitis
  3. Atopic cheilitis
  4. Allergic cheilitis
  5. Exfoliative cheilitis
Correct answer

Meteorological cheilitis

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