Oral cancer (OC) is the 6th most commonly reported malignancy worldwide.1 Among the various types of malignancy which occur in the oral cavity, 90% are oral squamous cell carcinomas.2 In India, due to varied cultural, ethnic, and geographic factors and the popularity of addictive habits, the frequency of OC is very high.3 It positions number one in terms of incidence among men and third among w...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com to chronic iron deficiency calling it as an Asian analogue of sideropenic dysphagia [3]. OSMF has been predominantly reported among Indians living in India as well as outside, to a lesser extent among other Asiatics and, sporadically, among Europeans. With a reported prevalence ranging up to 0.4% in Indian rural populations [4], several million indi...

OBJECTIVES Oral cancer (OC) may be preceded by clinically evident oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs). Oral carcinogenesis is a multistep process that begins as epithelial hyperplasia and progresses to oral epithelial dysplasia and finally to fully malignant phenotypes. The aim of our study was to estimate the prevalence of OPMDs in a large population of dental patients. METHODS Pati...

Dr. Sherin A Khalam1, Dr. Surej Kumar LK2, Dr. Rakesh Koshy Zacariah3, Dr. Nikhil Mathew Kurien3 and Dr. Prabhat Raj4 1Associate Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, PMS College Of Dental Science & Research, Trivandrum, India 2Professor & Head, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, PMS College Of Dental Science & Research, Trivandrum, India 3Professor, Department of Oral...

Medical images form an essential source of information for various important tasks such as diagnosis of diseases, surgical planning, medical reference, research and training. Oral submucous fibrosis [OSMF] is a chronic debilitating disease of the oral cavity characterized by inflammation and progressive fibrosis of the submucosal tissues. Support Vector Machine [SVM] is a statistic machine lear...

Areca quid chewing related oral mucosal lesions are potential hazard to a large population worldwide. Commercially freeze dried products such as pan masala, Guthka and mawa have high concentration of areca nut per chew and appear to cause OSMF more rapidly than by self prepared conventional betel quid that contain smaller amounts of areca nut. These chemical appear to interfere with the molecul...

Dear Editor, A b o u t 5 m i l l i o n p e o p l e i n I n d i a h ave o r a l submucous fibrosis and recent data suggest a male predominance. Age group between second and third decade is commonly involved. Risk of malignant transformation ranges from 7% to 30%. Restricted mouth opening in oral submucous fibrosis makes examination and early diagnosis of cancer difficult. Medical management is t...

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a collagen disorder commonly seen in the Indian subcontinent ,it is a complex precancerous condition. It was initially found mainly in India but it is now often seen in the Asian populations belonging to United Kingdom, USA, and other developed countries, and is therefore a serious concert for global health, causative agent of osmf is considered to be areca-nut...

Several studies have demonstrated an independent association of deleterious oral habits such as smoking, betel quid chewing, and chewing tobacco with the occurrence of oral cancer. The potentially malignant conditions such as oral submucous fibrosis (OSF), leukoplakia, erythroplakia associated with smoking, and smokeless tobacco, have a greater prevalence in our country. OSF has high cancer tur...