Prevalence of oral soft-tissue lesions in out-patients at 2 Malaysian and Thai dental schools

Zain, R.B. and Siwamogstham, P. and Axell, T. and Thampipit, J. and Tantiniran, D. (1990) Prevalence of oral soft-tissue lesions in out-patients at 2 Malaysian and Thai dental schools. Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology, 18 (2). pp. 95-99. ISSN 0301-5661, DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.1990.tb00026.x.

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Oral Soft-tissue Lesions
Subjects:	R Medicine > RK Dentistry
Divisions:	Faculty of Dentistry > Dept of Oral Pathology & Oral Medicine & Periodontology
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr. Rosnah Mohd Zain
Date Deposited:	06 Jan 2012 01:05
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2014 07:31
URI:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/2352

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