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Prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in smokers and non-smokers: A cross-sectional study in a male Egyptian population

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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Oral Medicine, Periodontology and Diagnosis

Abstract

Introduction: Smoking represents a chief health problem, and it is associated with high rates of fatal destructive events. Smoking is major risk factor for developing several oral mucosal lesions. Furthermore, it can result in epithelial dysplasia and subsequent increase in the risk for the development of oral potentially malignant disorders and oral cancer. Subjects and methods: The present cross-sectional study included 1000 male participants and they were divided into 2 groups; smokers and non-smokers. All participants were clinically examined together with full-mouth intra-oral photographs were taken for all of them. Results: The prevalence of oral mucosal lesions was higher in the smokers' group (82%), in which white and pigmented OMLs were found to be the most prevalent forms. Additionally, the prevalence of oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) in smokers was higher than in non-smokers. However, it didn't show a significant difference, On the other hand, the prevalence of oral ulcers in non-smokers was higher than in smokers and this difference was found to be statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusions: white and pigmented Pigmented OMLs were the most prevalent forms detected among smokers.

DOI

10.21608/edj.2024.291923.3049

Keywords

Keywords: smoking, tobacco use, prevalence, Oral Mucosal Lesions

Authors

First Name

Amira

Last Name

Abdelwhab

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Affiliation

Oral medicine, diagnosis and periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry october 6 university

Email

amira.abdelwhab.dent@o6u.edu.eg

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Orcid

0000000306804555

First Name

Yasmine

Last Name

Kamal

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Affiliation

Lecturer of oral medicine, department of oral medicine and periodontology, faculty of dentistry, Cairo University

Email

yasmine.kamal@dentistry.cu.edu.eg

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0000000319535710

Volume

70

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

48819

Issue Date

2024-07-01

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2024-05-28

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2024-07-01

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2,423

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2,428

Print ISSN

0070-9484

Online ISSN

2090-2360

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https://edj.journals.ekb.eg/article_363332.html

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363,332

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Original Article

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254

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Journal

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Egyptian Dental Journal

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https://edj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in smokers and non-smokers: A cross-sectional study in a male Egyptian population

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Article

Created At

23 Dec 2024