Abstract:
Uremic stomatitis is a rare manifestation associated with longstanding uremia in chronic renal failure patients. Its evolution is favorable with earlier institution of renal replacement therapy. This case shows that this condition should always be suspected by the dentist when the context of advanced renal disease is present.
Key clinical message: The ulcerative stomatitis should be suspected by the dentist every time the context of end stage renal disease is present even if the patient is under hemodialysis. The high blood uremia, in absence of other possible etiologies will confirm the diagnosis. By decreasing blood urea level, lesions will disappear.
Keywords: uremic stomatitis, uremia, oral ulcerations, chronic renal failure,
ulcerative stomatitis, hemodialysis, hemorrhagic stomatitis