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Adverse Oral Mucosal Reaction to Sublingual Captopril: A Case Report With Exploratory Insights Into AI-Assisted Clinical Reasoning.

Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry · Júnior ARG, Velane CM, Magario CAM, Pina PS, Domaneschi C, Esteves CV · 2026-07-01

A 77-year-old patient developed an oral mucosal lesion on the floor of the mouth that worsened with repeated sublingual captopril use; the lesion resolved after stopping the medication and applying topical corticosteroids, suggesting sublingual captopril can cause localized chemical injury.

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