Mohan Ravi Prakash Sasankoti, Verma Sankalp, Singh Udita, Agarwal Neha
Department of OMDR, Kothiwal Dental College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Jul 8;2013:bcr2013200074. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-200074.
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a double-stranded virus belonging to human herpes virus family. Although it exists in eight various forms, HSV-1 causes most of the oral infections. Since dentists are more likely to be consulted in the case of oral infections, familiarity with these lesions becomes mandatory. It is more commonly reported in children and rarely in adults. This article presents an acute episode of primary herpetic gingivostomatitis in a 32-year-old male patient.