Nicolai Oetter, Jonas Pröll, Matti Sievert, Miguel Goncalves, Maximilian Rohde, Christopher-Philipp Nobis, Christian Knipfer, Marc Aubreville, Zhaoya Pan, Katharina Breininger, Andreas Maier, Marco Kesting, Florian Stelzle
OBJECTIVES: Confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) is an optical method that enables microscopic visualization of oral mucosa. Previous studies have shown that it is possible to differentiate between physiological and malignant oral mucosa. However, differences in mucosal architecture were not taken into account. The objective was to map the different oral mucosal morphologies and to establish a "CLE map" of physiological mucosa as baseline for further application of this powerful technology...
April 23, 2024: Clinical Oral Investigations