Chronic mechanical irritation and oral squamous cell carcinoma: A case series

Tele-screening for early detection of oral cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic era: Diagnostic pitfalls and potential misinterpretations!

“…Chronic microtrauma has been attributed to be one of the causes of OSCC and it can be only excluded on proper examination of the teeth/restorations/dentures, etc again pointing towards misinterpretation in tele-screening. [8] Moreover, traumatic ulcers, traumatic ulcerative granuloma with stromal eosinophilia (TUGSE) and malignant ulcers are three similar appearing clinical entities but can only be differentiated by an oral physician again supporting our opinion that tele-screening has potential limitations. [9] Different dental institutes in India in 20220 have reported increase in outpatient volumes of OSCC as they were missed during tele-screening during lockdowns.…”