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Role of smoking in floor of the mouth leukoplakias
Author(s) -
PlNDBORG J. J.,
ROEDPETERSEN B.,
RENSTRUP G.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1972.tb02119.x
Subject(s) - floor of mouth , leukoplakia , medicine , oral leukoplakia , dentistry , dermatology , atypia , pathology , oral cavity , cancer
. On the basis of 48 patients with leukoplakia on the floor of the mouth, the study has shown that (1) of the patients with leukoplakias in this location, two‐thirds are female, as opposed to a ratio of one‐third females for other locations, (2) the habit of cheroot smoking is often associated with the floor of the mouth leukoplakia. (3) 6 % of the 36 biopsies exhibited epithelial atypia, and (4) the floor of the mouth leukoplakias should not be considered epithelial nevi.