When excising a lesion, the physician attempts to remove it completely by using a scalpel to cut the shape of an ellipse around the lesion. Leaving an elliptical wound, rather than a circular wound, makes it easier to insert stitches. If a lesion is suspected to be cancerous, the physician will not cut directly around the lesion, but will attempt to also remove a healthy margin of tissue surrounding it. This is to ensure that no cancerous cells remain, which would allow the tumor to reappear.
DENTAL SCALING, DENTAL IMPLANT, TOOTH JEWELLERY SYKCE, SMOKING HAZARDS, COMPOSITE, TOOTH FILLING, ROOT CANAL TREATMENT, TOOTH WHITENING, DENTAL EROSION, DENTAL CARIES, FRACTURED TOOTH
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Excision of Oral Lesions
When excising a lesion, the physician attempts to remove it completely by using a scalpel to cut the shape of an ellipse around the lesion. Leaving an elliptical wound, rather than a circular wound, makes it easier to insert stitches. If a lesion is suspected to be cancerous, the physician will not cut directly around the lesion, but will attempt to also remove a healthy margin of tissue surrounding it. This is to ensure that no cancerous cells remain, which would allow the tumor to reappear.