Acute primary herpetic gingivostomatitis

Characteristic features:

• HSV-1

• Self-limiting in 10-14 days

• acute marginal gingivitis

• fever, headache, malaise and lymphadenopathy

• vesicles rupture forming ulcers

• tongue,gingiva,circumoral

acute primary herpetic gingivostomatitis

Differential diagnosis:

• hand, foot and mouth disease

hand, foot and mouth disease

• herpangina

herpangina

• plaque induced gingivitis

plaque induced gingivitis