BRIDGING THE GAP

This national resource is a long-term project that will continue to develop and grow into the future. 

Images can be uploaded quickly and securely via the following Google Forms link:

We would love you to contribute diverse images of normal and abnormal dental conditions to this repository to improve the diversity, equality and inclusivity within education for dental students across the UK. 

Please find below a list of conditions we are particularly looking for:

• Normal mucosa

• Salivary gland swellings (e.g., tumours, sjogren’s syndrome, sialosis)

• Dry mouth

• Bony lesions (e.g., MRONJ, exostoses, Gardner’s syndrome, fibrous dysplasia, bony tumours, cysts etc)

• Geographic tongue

• Other causes of pigmentation (e.g., Addison’s disease, Peutz-Jeghers, Medications etc)

• STIs (e.g., syphilis, gonorrhoea, HPV etc)

• Herpes labialis examples (several would be good)

• Infections (intra and extra-oral)

• Lip lesions (e.g., exfoliative cheilitis, actinic cheilitis, angioedema etc)

• Skin and eye lesions (SCC, BCC, melanoma, lichen planus, immunobullous disease, EM etc)

• Neck lesions (Lymphadenopathy, cysts, thyroid goitre etc)

• Peri implant disease (mucocitis, cementitis and periimplantitis)

• Chemical burns

• Throat trauma - sexual abuse/ safeguarding 

• OsteoRadioNecrosis

• Medication-Related OsteoNecrosis of the Jaw (MRONJ)

• Surgical/radiotherapy changes following SCC removal/treatment

• Fibroepithelial Polyp

• Mucoceles 

• Pyogenic Granuloma

• Mineralising Fibrous Epulis

• Haemangioma

• Lichen planus/ Lichenoid reactions

• Chronic hyperplastic candidiasis 

• Hyperkeratosis

• Gingival hyperplasia and gingivitis 

• Periodontal disease

• Ulcers

• Melanotic Macules (freckles) 

• Amalgam/ Graphite tattoos 

• physiological pigmentation’ 

• SCC and dysplasia 

• Normal anatomical features e.g., tori, fordyce spots, folliate papilla etc

• Other Candidal Infections in addition to CHC - psedomembranous, erythematous, angular cheilitis and MRG

• Immunobullous conditions

• OFG/Oral Crohn's

• Vesiculobullous (blistering) disease

• Oral Submucous Fibrosis, 

• Exogenous Mucosal staining e.g., with paan or betel

• Tongue coating(s)

• Kaposi's sarcoma

Individuals who are invited to contribute dental images should provide consent in the usual manner of your institution, and you should provide confirmation of this at the point of submission.