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Primary care clinicians and geriatricians are uniquely positioned to identify these diseases early and facilitate timely referral for diagnostic confirmation and initiation of therapy. This review provides a practical overview of the clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and initial management of pemphigus vulgaris, mucous membrane pemphigoid, and oral lichen planus and highlights features that should raise suspicion for an autoimmune oral process. In addition to disease-specific therapies, supportive care measures including pain control, oral hygiene counseling, nutritional support, and mental health screening are essential to reducing morbidity and improving quality of life. Special consideration should be given to challenges disproportionately affecting older adults, including frailty, polypharmacy, and social barriers to care. 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