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Cocaine abuse is a major public health problem worldwide and is increasingly common in Europe. Oral use of cocaine in two patients resulted in unusual white lesions on their anterior maxillary gingivae/vestibule. GDPs should be alert to this newly described lesion
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Parry, J., Porter, S., Scully, C. et al. Mucosal lesions due to oral cocaine use. Br Dent J 180, 462–464 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4809127
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