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Preliminary report on prevalence of oral cancer and precancerous lesions among dental patients in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Mani N. J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1985.tb01915.x
Subject(s) - medicine , leukoplakia , dentistry , stomatitis , dermatology , oral leukoplakia , cancer , oral lichen planus , recurrent aphthous stomatitis
— The study consisted of 674 consecutive examinations done on patients on their first visit the College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, over a 1‐yr period starting January 1983. Men outnumbered women and 69% ofthe patients were Saudi Arabian nationals. Oral cancer was seen in one non‐Saudi, whereas the overall prevalence of leukoplakia was 1.9%. The other lesions were leukoedema 8.3%, nicotinic stomatitis 2.5%, and lichen planus 0.6%. Except for lichen planus, all the lesions were almost exclusively found in men with a close relationship to oral tobacco habits. Leukoedema, nicotinic stomatitis and leukoplakia showed a tendency to occur together in varying combinations among smokers.