Assessment of readiness to quit tobacco among patients with oral potentially malignant disorders using transtheoretical model

Oral Cancer and Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders

Malignant transformation in 5071 southern Taiwanese patients with potentially malignant oral mucosal disorders

BACKGROUND Oral cancers can be preceded by clinically evident oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs). The current study evaluated the rate and the time of malignant transformation in the various OPMDs in a cohort of patients from southern Taiwan. Parameters possibly indicative for malignant transformation of OPMDs, such as epidemiological and etiological factors, and clinical and histopat...

Oral potentially malignant disorders among dental patients: a pilot study in Jordan.

BACKGROUND To determine the prevalence, types, and risk factors of oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) among a group of Arab Jordanian dental patients, and to evaluate their awareness and attitudes toward early diagnosis and treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 1,041 patients attending a University Hospital for dental care were examined for the presence of OPMDs. Histopatholog...

Oral potentially malignant disorders: Is malignant transformation predictable and preventable?

Leukoplakia is the most common potentially malignant disorder of the oral mucosa. The prevalence is approximately 1% while the annual malignant transformation ranges from 2% to 3%. At present, there are no reliable clinicopathological or molecular predicting factors of malignant transformation that can be used in an individual patient and such event can not truly be prevented. Furthermore, foll...

Smokeless tobacco and oral potentially malignant disorders in South Asia: a protocol for a systematic review

INTRODUCTION Oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) are chronic lesions or conditions characterized by a potential for malignant transformation. Apart from being possible pre-cursors to oral cancer, OPMDs themselves are usually painful and debilitating conditions having an influence on the quality of life, both in terms of pain and social disability. Smokeless tobacco (SLT) use is conside...