Oral Oncol 2016 Mar 16;54:28-35. Epub 2016 Jan 16.
The Melanoma Institute Australia, Sydney, Australia; The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Melanoma Diagnostic Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address:
Confocal microscopy (CM) has been shown to correlate with oral mucosal histopathology in vivo. The purposes of this review are to summarize what we know so far about in vivo CM applications for oral mucosal pathologies, to highlight some current developments with CM devices relevant for oral applications, and to formulate where in vivo CM could hold further application for oral mucosal diagnosis and management. Ovid Medline® and/or Google® searches were performed using the terms 'microscopy, confocal', 'mouth neoplasms', 'mouth mucosa', 'leukoplakia, oral', 'oral lichen planus', 'gingiva', 'cheilitis', 'taste', 'inflammatory oral confocal', 'mucosal confocal' and 'confocal squamous cell oral'. Read More