<div style="text-align:justify;"> <b>Objectives:</b><b> </b>In Palestine, there are no data about the prevalence of oral lesions or their associated risk factors. Thus, this stu...<div style="text-align:justify;"> <b>Objectives:</b><b> </b>In Palestine, there are no data about the prevalence of oral lesions or their associated risk factors. Thus, this study came to assess the prevalence and the risk factors of oral lesions among adult dental patients visiting Al-Quds University (AQU) Dental Clinics. <b>Materials and Methods:</b> Three hundred Twenty patients were diagnosed clinically for the presence of oral lesions at oral medicine clinics at Al-Quds University in the period between 2015 to 2016. Their age ranged from 21 to 60 years old (mean age: 40.2 ± 17.6). Senior students were trained to conduct the oral exam under the direct supervision of Oral Medicine specialist. Trained students also collected data on patients’ demographics, dental history, medical history and other health related habits. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were generated to describe lesions prevalence and associations with other suggested factors. <b>Results:</b> A total of 68 lesions were found in this study (29.4% of study’s sample). Recurrent aphthous ulcer, traumatic ulcer and geographic tongue were the most common oral lesions. Ten oral potentially malignant lesions were diagnosed (8 cases were Leukoplakia, 2 cases were erythroplakia). Non filtered smoking cigarettes were associated with reported lesions. Oral lesions were noticed to increase with age. Oral lesions were more common on the Tongue, labial and buccal mucosain this study. <b>Conclusions:</b> This study revealed high prevalence of apthous and traumatic ulcer while potentially malignant lesions like leucoplakia and erythroplakia were also seen in patients who were smokers. Dentists should have a high level of awareness during oral examination and intervention should be performed to raise awareness among the population about the harmful effects of smoking on oral health. </div>展开更多
口腔黏膜下纤维性变(oral submucous fibrosis,OSF)是世界卫生组织(World Health Organization,WHO)国际癌症研究中心(International Agency for Research on Cancer,IARC)认定的口腔黏膜潜在的恶性病变。咀嚼槟榔可引起口腔黏膜下纤维...口腔黏膜下纤维性变(oral submucous fibrosis,OSF)是世界卫生组织(World Health Organization,WHO)国际癌症研究中心(International Agency for Research on Cancer,IARC)认定的口腔黏膜潜在的恶性病变。咀嚼槟榔可引起口腔黏膜下纤维性变,其发病与咀嚼槟榔的频率及时间有着密切的量效依赖关系。本文就口腔黏膜下纤维性变是否是一种口腔癌前病变,咀嚼槟榔导致口腔黏膜潜在的恶性病变,以及国外、中国大陆与台湾地区有关该病的研究作一概述,供口腔科医师参考。展开更多
文摘<div style="text-align:justify;"> <b>Objectives:</b><b> </b>In Palestine, there are no data about the prevalence of oral lesions or their associated risk factors. Thus, this study came to assess the prevalence and the risk factors of oral lesions among adult dental patients visiting Al-Quds University (AQU) Dental Clinics. <b>Materials and Methods:</b> Three hundred Twenty patients were diagnosed clinically for the presence of oral lesions at oral medicine clinics at Al-Quds University in the period between 2015 to 2016. Their age ranged from 21 to 60 years old (mean age: 40.2 ± 17.6). Senior students were trained to conduct the oral exam under the direct supervision of Oral Medicine specialist. Trained students also collected data on patients’ demographics, dental history, medical history and other health related habits. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were generated to describe lesions prevalence and associations with other suggested factors. <b>Results:</b> A total of 68 lesions were found in this study (29.4% of study’s sample). Recurrent aphthous ulcer, traumatic ulcer and geographic tongue were the most common oral lesions. Ten oral potentially malignant lesions were diagnosed (8 cases were Leukoplakia, 2 cases were erythroplakia). Non filtered smoking cigarettes were associated with reported lesions. Oral lesions were noticed to increase with age. Oral lesions were more common on the Tongue, labial and buccal mucosain this study. <b>Conclusions:</b> This study revealed high prevalence of apthous and traumatic ulcer while potentially malignant lesions like leucoplakia and erythroplakia were also seen in patients who were smokers. Dentists should have a high level of awareness during oral examination and intervention should be performed to raise awareness among the population about the harmful effects of smoking on oral health. </div>
文摘口腔黏膜下纤维性变(oral submucous fibrosis,OSF)是世界卫生组织(World Health Organization,WHO)国际癌症研究中心(International Agency for Research on Cancer,IARC)认定的口腔黏膜潜在的恶性病变。咀嚼槟榔可引起口腔黏膜下纤维性变,其发病与咀嚼槟榔的频率及时间有着密切的量效依赖关系。本文就口腔黏膜下纤维性变是否是一种口腔癌前病变,咀嚼槟榔导致口腔黏膜潜在的恶性病变,以及国外、中国大陆与台湾地区有关该病的研究作一概述,供口腔科医师参考。
