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The treatment of oral leukoplakia with the CO2 laser: A retrospective study of 65 patients [PDF]

, 2017
The use of CO2 laser has become a routine procedure for the treatment of oral leukoplakia. In this retrospective study, we evaluated 65 patients with oral leukoplakia treated with CO2 laser vaporization. The main location was the tongue (n ¼ 21/65, 32.3%)
Bescós-Atín, Coro, Chimenos Küstner, Eduardo, Hueto-Madrid, Juan-Antonio, Mogedas-Vegara, Alfonso   +3 more
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Malignant Transformation of Oral Epithelial Dysplasia in Southern Finland

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral epithelial dysplasia (OED) often precedes oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The aim was to elucidate the risk and time of malignant transformation (MT) of OED. Methods Patients diagnosed with OED between 2001 and 2011 in Helsinki and Uusimaa, Finland were included.
Katariina Leino, Hanna K. Laine, Ville Kinnula, Jaana Rautava   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comparison of salivary thiocyanate in cigarette smokers with and without oral leukoplakia: A biochemical study

SRM Journal of Research in Dental Sciences, 2020
Objective and Background: Determining SCN (thiocyanate) levels in saliva has been the most frequently used biochemical tests for establishing an incidence of tobacco consumption among smokers and can be used as biochemical indicator in the evaluation of ...
Anshul Aggarwal, Neha Agrawal, Md Asdullah, Rati Goyal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pattern of Progression of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders From Real‐World Data: A 24‐Year Study

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral potentially malignant disorder (OPMD) prognostication is limited by uncertainty of which lesions will progress and the aggressiveness of lesion progression. We defined patterns and kinetics of progression in a large cohort of OPMD subjected to serial clinical and histologic examinations. Methods This 24‐year study evaluated the
Subin Surendran, Sumsum P. Sunny, Preethi M. Chathoth, William J. Magner, S. Lynn Sigurdson, Mihai Merzianu, Norbert Sule, Anurag K. Singh, Kimberly E. Wooten, Ryan P. McSpadden, Vishal Gupta, Amritha Suresh, Ashok Z. Samuel, Rohit Bhargava, Praveen N. Birur, Wesley L. Hicks Jr, Moni Abraham Kuriakose   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi‐Institutional Assessment of Dental Students' Knowledge in Oral Soft Tissue Pathological Entities

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study provides a descriptive, multi‐institutional comparison of dental students' recognition accuracy and management decisions of oral soft tissue pathological entities across four US dental schools. While prior single‐institution studies have evaluated diagnostic ability, this work provides a multi‐institutional comparison to ...
Nicole McKee, Paul Edwards, Gerardo Maupomé, George Eckert, Celine Joyce Cornelius Timothius, Karim El Kholy, Jennifer Chang, Vanchit John   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gastrointestinal strictures in a pediatric patient with Satoyoshi syndrome

JPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract We present a novel case of gastrointestinal strictures in a young girl with Satoyoshi syndrome (SS), highlighting multi‐system features of alopecia universalis, painful muscle cramps with dystonia, aberrant growth velocity, and skeletal abnormalities.
Katherine (Tusia) Pohoreski, Gary Galante, Kiera Pajunen, Marie‐Anne Brundler, Samarjeet Bhandal, Iwona Wrobel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Repeated Use of Emergency Departments for Nontraumatic Dental Conditions: Factors Associated With Being a Superutilizer

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Due to inadequate access to regular, affordable dental care, many patients turn to emergency departments (EDs) for the treatment of nontraumatic dental conditions (NTDCs). NTDC ED visits are a large burden on the U.S. healthcare system, with over 1.3 million visits each year and over $1 billion in associated charges.
Morgan Santoro, Lisa J. Heaton, Adrianna C. Sonnek, Rebecca A. Preston, John J. O'Malley, Eric P. Tranby   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smokeless tobacco - a substantial risk for oral potentially malignant disorders in South Asia [PDF]

, 2017
Data sources: Medline, the Science Citation Index (SCI) via Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, Global Index Medicus, Google Scholar and SLT-related reports of the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the National Cancer Institute of the United
David Conway, DF Stroup, DN Sinha, H Mortazavi, K Siddiqi, KM Bile, Phillip Seenan, RK Manne, S Warnakulasuriya, Z Khan   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Voice change: a differential diagnostic sign for leukoplakia?

Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2008
Objectives:In this study, the acoustic changes in leukoplakia and acoustic similarities between leukoplakia and chronic laryngitis were investigated and they are compared with nondysphonic control group.Methods:26 chronic laryngitis patients, 23 males ...
Tolga Kandoğan
doaj   +1 more source

Inhomogeneity of stiffness and density of the extracellular matrix within the leukoplakia of human oral mucosa as potential physicochemical factors leading to carcinogenesis

Translational Oncology, 2021
Oral leukoplakia is a clinical term relating to various morphological lesions, including squamous cell hyperplasia, dysplasia and carcinoma. Leukoplakia morphologically manifested as hyperplasia with epithelial dysplasia is clinically treated as ...
Katarzyna Pogoda, Mateusz Cieśluk, Piotr Deptuła, Grażyna Tokajuk, Ewelina Piktel, Grzegorz Król, Joanna Reszeć, Robert Bucki   +7 more
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