Open AccessClinico-epidemiological profile of oral potentially malignant and malignant conditions among areca nut, tobacco and alcohol users in Eastern India: A hospital based study
Author(s) -
Jharna Ray,
Madhurima Ganguly,
BH Sripathi Rao,
Sanjit Mukherjee,
Basudev Mahato,
Keya Chaudhuri
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.110720
Subject(s) - areca , medicine , oral submucous fibrosis , smokeless tobacco , chewing tobacco , leukoplakia , odds ratio , incidence (geometry) , habit , betel , epidemiology , basal cell , dermatology , cancer , dentistry , nut , environmental health , tobacco use , population , psychology , physics , structural engineering , optics , engineering , psychotherapist
With an increase in the abuse of various oral habitual products in India over the past few decades; the incidence of oral potentially malignant conditions as leukoplakia, oral submucous fibrosis and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) rates have also increased. No recent study has been conducted reporting the scenario of oral cancer and potentially malignant conditions in Eastern India (specifically Kolkata).