Prevalence of Oral Mucosal Lesions in Children. Review of Literature
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چکیده
The aim of this article is to review literature data about the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in children in different parts of the world.A total of 16 articles on the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in children were selected. The lesions were divided into these categories: candida infection, herpes simplex, aphthae, geographic tongue, injuries, which are the most common oral lesions seen in children. In order to get an overview of the distribution of oral lesions in children worldwide the selected studies were from all geographic areas. Each selected study comprised a total of at least 800 patients.Oral mucosal lesions in children are more common than expected with an average of 24.5%.The published results differ as to methodology which makes it difficult to assess and compare them globally. An assessment of these lesions in Eastern Europe is missing in the literature.
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