Open AccessComparative study of clinicofunctional staging of oral submucous fibrosis with qualitative analysis of collagen fibers under polarizing microscopy
Author(s) -
Denny E Ceena,
TS Bastian,
L Ashok,
Rajeshwari G Annigeri
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.57356
Subject(s) - oral submucous fibrosis , stain , medicine , pathology , h&e stain , bright field microscopy , statistical analysis , statistical significance , fibrosis , dentistry , staining , microscopy , mathematics , statistics
The aim of the study was to assess the severity of the disease in oral submucous fibrosis (OSF), correlate the clinical, functional staging with histopathological staging, and analyze collagen distribution in different stages of OSF using the picrosirius red stain under polarizing microscopy.