Open AccessTHE PREVALENCE OF ORAL MUCOSAL LESIONS IN CHILDREN: A SINGLE CENTER STUDY
Author(s) -
Meral Ünür,
Kıvanç Bektaş Kayhan,
Müzeyyen Seda Altop,
Zeynep Boy Metin,
Yaren Keskin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of i̇stanbul university faculty of dentistry/journal of istanbul university faculty of dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2149-4592
pISSN - 2149-2352
DOI - 10.17096/jiufd.03460
Subject(s) - medicine , tongue , epidemiology , oral health , turkish population , turkish , outpatient clinic , dentistry , lesion , cheek , population , cross sectional study , pediatrics , dermatology , surgery , pathology , environmental health , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , genotype , gene
Studies regarding oral health are mainly conducted on adult population and there is a lack of epidemiologic data on the oral health of children. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and distribution of oral lesions in Turkish children.A cross-sectional survey was carried out on total of 1041 Turkish children attended by the outpatient Oral Medicine and Surgery Department of İstanbul University.Examinations were performed and 277 of whom had a total of more than 30 different type of lesions detected. The fissured tongue (3.4%) was the most frequent lesion, followed by traumatic lesions (3.2%) and the cheek biting (2.5%).This is the first study in Turkey on oral lesions in this age group. We hope that our study will be a baseline data for future studies and for sure there is a need for more goodquality epidemiological studies in this area.
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