A recurrent disease of the oral mucosa of unknown etiology. It is characterized by small white ulcerative lesions, single or multiple, round or oval. Two to eight crops of lesions occur per year, lasting for 7 to 14 days and then heal without scarring. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p742)

Annotation

do not confuse entry terms ULCER, APHTHOUS or CANKER SORE with "oral ulcers" ( = ORAL ULCER )

DUI

D013281 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0020551

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