PV/MMP: A Clinical Overview for Dental Students and Professionals

Dr. Davis Sirois, DMD, PhD provides an overview of PV/MMP. The presentation includes: Key Symptoms to Recognize; Differential Diagnosis; Performing a Biopsy; Treatment; and Oral Complications. This video serves as a wonderful supplement to what is already being taught on PV/MMP in the current dental school curriculum, as well as a terrific refresher for dental professionals in practice. --- The IPPF Awareness Campaign seeks to reduce the amount of time it takes a patient to receive a pemphigus vulgaris (PV) or mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) diagnosis. The average pemphigus or pemphigoid (P/P) patient sees five doctors over ten months in search of a diagnosis. Since the majority of P/P patients present oral symptoms first, the Awareness Campaign focuses on PV and MMP — two forms of P/P with increased presentation in the mouth. PV/MMP patients often see a dentist as one of their first clinician contacts. Outreach is therefore directed to dental professionals, who have the unique opportunity to shorten diagnosis times. The International Pemphigus & Pemphigoid Foundation (IPPF) is dedicated to improving the quality of life of all people diagnosed with, or affected by, pemphigus or pemphigoid. Pemphigus and pemphigoid (P/P) are rare autoimmune blistering diseases affecting the skin and/or mucous membranes. The IPPF provides support services to thousands of P/P patients, caregivers, and medical and dental professionals.