Prevalence of oral soft tissue lesions in out‐patients at two Malaysian and Thai dental schools

Abstract

At the Faculties of Dentistry in Chiang Mai, Thailand (CM), and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (KL), 234 and 233 consecutive out-patients of mean ages 33.8 and 31.0 yr, respectively, were examined for the presence of oral mucosal lesions. Tobacco in some form was regularly used by 31.7% and 27.5% of the study populations in CM and KL, respectively. Cigarette smoking was the predominant habit. In CM three persons chewed betel quids and nine smoked banana leaf cigars daily. In addition, there were 24 habitual chewers of tea leaves (miang). In KL six persons chewed betel quids daily. In CM and KL three cases each (1.3%) of tobacco-associated leukoplakias were found. In KL an additional idiopathic leukoplakia was registered. One and three cases of betel related lesions were found in CM and KL, respectively. One case of a squamous cell carcinoma was found in a 45-yr-old Indian woman in KL who had been chewing betel with tobacco daily for many years. High prevalence figures were found for lichen planus, 3.8% in CM and 2.1% in KL, and an extremely high one, 48.3%, in CM for episodes of aphthous ulcers experienced during the last 2 yr. Comparatively low prevalence figures were found for herpes labialis. As could be expected melanin pigmentation was prevalent while only low figures were encountered for denture-related lesions and amalgam tattoos.

Oral mucosa alterations in a socioeconomically deprived region: prevalence and associated factors

“…21 Epidemiological studies conducted in different parts of the world have found tongue lesions to be among the most common alterations of the oral mucosa. 4,10,22,23 Our study corroborates these findings, as coated tongue (12.5%) and fissured tongue (10.0%) were among the seven most prevalent alterations that we identified. Coated tongue may be related to a poor oral health status, 4,7,28 which has in turn been associated with low socioeconomic status.…”

“…A number of studies also report an association between melanotic maculae and the black race. [22][23][24] In this study, the lower prevalence of melanotic maculae among subjects aged 60 to 78 years (OR: 0.20) has no definite relationship. A knowledge of this alteration and an ability to properly identify it in patients is important, as melanin pigmentation in the oral mucosa may require a diagnostic biopsy.…”

Update On Oral Lichen Planus: Etiopathogenesis and Management

“…This paper is the consensus outcome of a European workshop held in 1995. Epidemiology LP is a fairly common mucocutaneous disease. OLP affects from 0.1 to about 4% of individuals, depending on the population sampled (Bruszt, 1962;Bouquot and Gorlin, 86 Grit Rev Oral Biol Med (1998) 86 1986; Axell, 1987;Axell and Rundquist, 1987;Hogewind and Van der Waal, 1988;Axell et al, 1990;Salonen et cil, 1990;Ban6czy andRigo, 1991, Albrecht et al, 1992). OLP generally is a disease of the middle-aged and elderly (Silverman and Griffith, 1974), and the female-to-male ratio is about 2:1 ).…”

Investigation of Oral Mucosal Lesions in Patients Attending Dermatology Outpatient Clinic: A Study of 1670 Cases

“…3,9,18,20 Atrofik glossitin kadın hastalarda daha sık görülmesi bu cinsiyette daha fazla rastlanan demir eksikliği anemisi ve pernisiyöz anemi, ayrıca hormonal faktörlere bağlan-maktadır. 18,40 Benzer şekilde herpes labialisin de en sık 18-34 yaş arasında görülmesi literatür verileri ile uyumlu idi.…”

“…6 Literatürde ilginç olarak OML hakkın-daki çalışmaların önemli bir kısmının diş hekimliği bölümlerine başvuran hastalar arasında yürütül-düğü fark edilmektedir. 1,5,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] Ayrıca Türk toplumunda OML üzerine yapılmış epidemiyolojik çalışma sayısının da oldukça yetersiz olduğu gö-rülmektedir. [19][20][21][22][23][24] Bu çalışmada herhangi bir deri hastalığı şikayeti nedeniyle dermatoloji polikliniğine başvuran hastalarda OML varlığı değerlendi-rilerek OML tipi, nedeni, sıklık ve dağılım özellikleri araştırılmıştır.…”