DENTAL HYGIENE CARE: Face and neck screening.

The article offers a guide for screening common face and neck dermatologic lesions for dental hygiene care and treatment. It describes the different types of pink lesions including basal cell carcinoma, actinic keratosis, squamous cell carcinoma and actinic cheilitis, as well as the different types of brown lesions including seborrheic keratosis and malignant melanoma. The criteria for referring a lesion to a dermatologist are also outlined.