Abstract:Background: Oral submucous fibrosis is a chronic, fibrotic and crippling disease that affects the oral mucosa. It leads to progressive fibrosis that mainly involves the buccal mucosa but other parts of the oral cavity such as the tongue and palate can also be affected. There is a general consensus that areca nut and its constituents are mainly responsible for the pathogenesis of the disease. On histological examination of a biopsy taken from the human oral mucosa, OSMF presents with atrophic epithelium and jux… Show more
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