关键词: 唇炎, 分类, 分型, 诊断

Abstract:

Classification of diseases is crucial to the diagnosis and treatment of the diseases. Over the past 30 years，every new revision of the disease classification has had a major impact on improving the level of treatment. Compared with the classification of clinical medicine，disease classification and other disciplines of stomatology，the classification of oral mucosal diseases is still at a low level. With the rapid development of stomatology，particularly of precision medicine，the existing classifications of cheilitis is no longer sufficient for clinical practice. We propose that the terminology of "chronic non-specific cheilitis （chronic cheilitis）" be abolished and a new cheilitis classification and typing system be established，following international principle of disease classification. For the cases where pathogen is clear，etiology should be applied in classification；for cases with unspecified etiology，pathology or pathogens should be applied. Should none of etiology，pathology or pathogens could be specified，clinical phenotype should be applied in classifications.

Key words: cheilitis, classification, typing, diagnosis