eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal 0974-6242 2015-10-25 8 October Spl Edition 495 498 10.13005/bpj/732 4153 article Divya G 1 G S Asokan 1 V. Anand 1 N Balaji 1 U. Tamilarasi 2 Department of oral medicine and radiology, Tagore dental college and hospital, Ratinamangalam, Vandalur post, Tamilnadu, India. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Pallikaranai, Chennai – 60010 Herpes infection causes painful sores in lips, gingiva, tongue, palate & buccal mucosa, which is characterized by sudden onset and severity of symptoms .It also causes symptoms like fever and muscle ache. The causative agent for herpetic infection has been identified as herpes simplex virus which is a DNA virus, in two forms HSV-1 &HSV-2. Most oral, facial and ocular infection results from HSV-1.In this paper we presented acase of Herpes infection in 23year old male patient. https://biomedpharmajournal.org/vol8octoberspledition/herpetic-ulcer-a-case-report-and-a-review-literature/ Herpes gingivostomatitis herpes zoster ulcers cold sores herpes simplex