Role of Antioxidant Vitamins in Oral Submucous Fibrosis: A Narrative Review
Ravikant V Sune,
Rahul R Bhowate,
Vidya K Lohe
et al.
Abstract:Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) has a high rate of malignant transformation and is an insidious chronic inflammatory disease. Though this disorder seems to be multifactorial in origin, betel quid chewing appears to be the main etiologic factor. Various treatment strategies have been attempted but none proven to cure the disorder because of its multimodal pathogenesis. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) appear to have a role in cancer formation. As OSMF is an oral premalignant disorder and found to be associated with… Show more
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