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Prevalence of oral submucous fibrosis in habitual tobacco chewers.
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SHARON KEZIAH.V, GIFRINA JAYARAJ, R. PRADEEP KUMAR
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Oral SubMucous Fibrosis (OSMF) is a chronic, potentially malignant disorder of the oral cavity seen predominantly in the south east asian region[1].The most common cause is tobacco chewing habits like pan, areca nut and gutkha. This cross sectional study aims to determine the prevalence of OSMF among habitual tobacco chewers. This study was designed as a cross sectional study. All the patients with a tobacco chewing habit were included in the study. The patient records were accessed and data was collected between June 2019 and March 2020.The clinical diagnosis of OSMF was based on the presence of palpable fibrous bands, blanched oral mucosa and limited mouth opening. The data collected was analysed using SPSS software and the results were recorded. Out of the 311 habitual tobacco chewers, OSMF was prevalent in 30.5 % of the population with pan chewing(39%) being the most common abusive habit. Men were predominant (92.4%). Buccal mucosa (68.5%) was the most commonly affected site. This study shows a prevalence of 30.5% among habitual tobacco chewers.OSMF was highly prevalent in men within the age group 31-50 years. Pan chewing habit was common over gutkha and areca nuts . Awareness and education on the detrimental effects of tobacco chewing and the risk associated with it should be implemented to limit the frequency of occurrence amongst the population.
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Buccal mucosa, Blanching, Grade dysplasia, Malignant, Tobacco
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.02.0266
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