Open AccessChanging pattern of oral cavity lesions and personal habits over a decade: Hospital based record analysis from Allahabad
Author(s) -
Vatsala Misra,
Pooja Singh,
Nirupma Lal,
Pooja Agarwal,
Mamta Singh
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.58391
Subject(s) - medicine , oral submucous fibrosis , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , leukoplakia , retrospective cohort study , lesion , oral cavity , basal cell , cancer , pathology , dermatology , radiology , dentistry , physics , optics
To do a prospective clinicohistological study of premalignant and malignant lesions of the oral cavity, and compare it with a 10-year retrospective data, especially in terms of incidence, age distribution, personal habits, and site and type of lesion.