PURPOSE The aim of this study was to clinically evaluate the application of pedicled buccal fat pad (BFP) in the surgical management of stage III and IV oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF). MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-eight cases of clinically and histologically diagnosed cases of OSMF were divided into 2 groups: group I (n = 15) and group II (n = 13), corresponding to clinical stage III and stag...

OBJECTIVES Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a potentially malignant disorder predominantly seen in the Indian subcontinent due to areca nut, tobacco and their products. The aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of oxitard and aloe vera in the management of OSMF. MATERIAL AND METHODS 120 subjects with OSMF were included in the study. The patients were clinico-pathologically dia...

The incidence and prevalence of oral precancerous conditions and lesions is very high in various parts of India, especially Central India. Most commonly seen oral pre cancerous conditions here include oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF), leukoplakia, oral lichen planus (OLP) and erythroleukoplakia. Facts and figures about these conditions such as aetiology, clinical features, signs and symptoms, sta...

oral submucous fibrosis (osmf) is a potentially malignant oral condition effectively linked to the causative habit of chewing areca nut. since its first description in the 1950s, numerous epidemiological, biochemical, histological, and genetic studies have been reported. while most studies point out to the cause and effect of areca nut, co-additive factors are also implicated in the progression...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to assess the expression of E-cad in oral precancerous lesions and conditions and oral carcinomas in comparison with normal mucosa. MATERIALS AND METHODS Total of 50 samples were selected for the study and were categorized into five groups and 10 samples in each group as Group I-oral leukoplakia (OL), Group II-oral lichen planus (OLP), Group III-oral...

Background: Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a common premalignant condition caused by chewing arecanut, betel quid and gutkha with tobacco. Its medical treatment is not yet fully standardized, although the optimal doses of its medical treatment is in the form of triamcinolone acetonide combined with hyaluronidase or intralesional placental extract. Objectives: We compared the efficacy of intr...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a potentially malignant disorder of oral mucosa affecting mainly population in South and Southeast Asia. The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of oral colchicine with intralesional injection of hyaluronidase or injection triamcinolone acetonide in patients with Grade II OSMF. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included t...

An Open Source Software (OSS) project can be considered as a new type of business entity involving various roles and stakeholders, e.g., project managers, developers, and users, who apply individual methods. The project managers have the responsibility to manage the OSS development in a way that the OSS product can be delivered to the customers in time and with good quality. This responsibility...