Thermography and oral inflammatory conditions.

A brief review of the literature on the use of thermography in medicine and dentistry is presented. This is followed by the presentation of eleven case reports of the use of thermography in dental clinic patients with various oral inflammatory conditions. The results showed that in seven of the eleven cases the thermogram was able to delineate the involved from the noninvolved side. The findings were nonspecific, however, and in its current form thermography cannot be used alone for differential diagnosis.