TY - JOUR A1 - Nilesh, Kumar A1 - Malik, Neelima A1 - Vibhute, Nupura A1 - Suragimath, Girish T1 - Application of diode laser for the management of oral verrucous carcinoma mimicking Candidiasis Y1 - 2015/7/1 JF - Journal of Dental Lasers JO - J Dent Lasers SP - 118 EP - 121 VL - 9 IS - 2 UR - http://www.jdentlasers.org/article.asp?issn=2321-1385;year=2015;volume=9;issue=2;spage=118;epage=121;aulast=Nilesh DO - 10.4103/0976-2868.170566 N2 - Oral verrucous carcinoma (OVC) is a variant of oral squamous cell carcinoma which shows a local invasive pattern without any distant metastases. Accurate diagnosis of OVC depends on a careful association between clinical and histological features of the lesion. This paper reports a case of OVC over mandibular alveolar mucosa, mimicking Candidiasis. Use of diode laser for the management of the lesion is also described. ER -