BACKGROUND Nowadays the importance of oral health to life quality is not obvious to anyone in our world. Oral lesions can interfere with daily social activities in involved patients through impacts on mastication, swallowing and speech and symptoms like xerostomia, halitosis or dysesthesia. OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence and types of oral lesions in a general population in Rasht, Norther...

Absorption of drugs through the oral cavity was noted as early as 1847 and systemic studies of oral cavity absorption were first reported in 1935 [1]. Since then, substantial effort has been focused on drug absorption from a drug delivery system in a particular region of the oral cavity [2-5]. As a site for drug delivery, the oral cavity offers many advantages over other routes of drug administ...

Purpose: Tobacco use is one of the most important risk factors for the development of oral mucosal lesions including oral pre-cancer and cancer. The type and location of the lesion varies with the type of tobacco used, the way it is used, and the frequency and duration of use. Hence, the present study aimed to determine the effect of frequency and duration of tobacco use on oral mucosal lesions...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Since increasing the proportion of elderly in the world, so oral lesions related to removable denture-wearing are an important issue. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of denture-related oral mucosal lesions (DMLs) in removable denture wearers referred to clinics of Kerman, Iran.METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 350 removable denture wea...

Background: A clinicopathological study of 75 cases of pemphigus was carried out at Saurashtra region of Gujarat State, India. This study was done to subtype this disease with evaluation of clinical and histopathological presentation. Methods: The study was carried out in a two-year period at skin department of Guru Gobind Singh Hospital, Jamnagar. Seventy five patients of pemphigus were examin...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To review the literature on toluidine blue (TBlue) and to discuss the utility of TBlue in assessing and in clinical management of patients with oral mucosal lesions. The literature search was conducted using key word search including oral cancer, oral premalignant lesions, and TBlue and by selecting references from the articles reviewed. RECENT FINDINGS The findings of this ...

The study was conducted in Vodarevu coastal village of Prakasam district of Andhra was selected by multistage sampling method. All the available 158 fishermen were examined with their consent. The oral health status was recorded on the WHO oral health assessment form 1991 (modified) and the examination was carried out under natural light by using mouth mirrors and CPI probe. Significant observa...

Feeding of a protein antigen to normal adult mice results in systemic immunologic hyporesponsiveness (oral tolerance). Local mucosal cell mediated immunity is not usually elicited. The objectives of these experiments were to abrogate the induction of oral tolerance and concomitantly to induce a local mucosal cell mediated immune response in mice; and thereby to establish which facets of intesti...

Background: The oral cavity is a unique environment where systemic maladies may be amplified by the oral mucosa. Sometimes, oral lesions are the first indication of a systemic problem. Oral mucosal lesions may be the initial feature or the only clinical sign of mucocutaneous diseases commonly observed in a dermatologic practice. Aim and Objectives: To assess the frequency of the oral manifestat...