Oral biopsy: an irreplaceable diagnostic tool

A clinician frequently encounters oral mucosal lesions. Many of these lesions can be diagnosed simply on the patient’s medical history and physical evaluation, but for some, histological examinations are required to confirm the presumptive clinical diagnosis, in which case an oral biopsy procedure is unavoidable. A good biopsy procedure performed decides the histopathological interpretation of a lesion. This article aims to shed some light upon Oral biopsy as an efficient diagnostic tool, the various techniques involved and some potential difficulties encountered