Aim: Betel chewer’s mucosa, although not considered as a potentially malignant lesion, has been suggested to be a precursor of oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF). Thus a study was undertaken to asses various quid chewing patterns in patients with chewer’s mucosa and to evaluate possible association between chewer’s mucosa and a particular quid usage pattern. Materials and methods: The study was don...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Oral submucous fibrosis is a common premalignant condition caused by chewing arecanut and other irritants in various forms. Its medical treatment is not yet fully standardized, although the optimal doses of its medical treatment is in the form of hydrocortisone acetate combined with hyaluronidase. The problem with the prevailing treatment was injections at weekly interva...

BACKGROUND To study the various forms of tobacco usage and its associated oral mucosal lesions among the patients attending Vishnu Dental College Bhimavaram. MATERIAL AND METHODS An observational cross-sectional study was conducted in a total of 450 patients who were divided into three groups based upon type of tobacco use, as Group-1 Reverse smoking, Group-2 Conventional smoking, Group-3 Smo...

Back ground: On the Indian subcontinent, the use of smokeless tobacco in various forms is very popular. Oral submucous fibrosis is a chronic condition of the oral mucosa, which results in a marked rigidity with progressive inability to open the mouth and has an increased risk of undergoing carcinomatous changes about four to eight percent. Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate...

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...

Background and Objective: This study was aimed to evaluate the collagen fibers qualitatively and its correlation with microvascular density in various grades of oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF).   Material and Methods: The present study comprised of total 40 cases of oral submucous fibrosis. Picrosirius red staining was done on all the specimens’ sections. ...

Background: Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a doubtlessly malignant disorder of the oral cavity. The surgical control this situation involves excision fibrotic bands and interpositional grafts to keep elevated opening. Various strategies graft had been utilized with differing achievement rates.
 Aims Objective: Through study, an attempt was made evaluate efficacy collagen membrane as wou...

Amniotic membrane is the inner most lining of the human placenta that is normally discarded after parturition. The membrane has numerous growth factors, proteins and stem cell reserves that help in accelerating wound healing with regeneration of the lost tissues. With improvements in the processing and storage technologies, amniotic membrane has found application in various fields of surgery. R...

Background & Objectives:. Tobacco carcinogens induce generation of free radicals and reactive oxygen species, which cause lipid peroxidation. Because of the lipid peroxidation, there is a greater utilization of lipids for new membrane biogenesis. Hence the present study was carried out to determine the variations, if any, in the serum lipid profile of subjects with tobacco habit and patients wi...