This article reviews the major leukemia disorders, discussing their definitions, incidence, manifestations, and general treatment and prognosis, with additional description of oral findings common among or particular to the disorders. It reviews management of the most frequent oral manifestations of leukemia and the cautions required to provide oral and maxillofacial surgical services to patients who have leukemia.
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