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Global Prevalence of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Journal of Oral Pathology &Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) represent a diverse group of mucosal disorders with varying risks of progression to oral cancer. Objective This updated systematic review (SR) and meta‐analysis (MA) estimated the global prevalence of histopathologically confirmed OPMDs, excluding oral lichen planus and lichenoid lesions.
Nicole Lonni, Tulio Silva Rosa, Camilla Kammer Pereira, Gilberto Melo, Saman Warnakulasuriya, Eliete Neves Silva Guerra, Elena Riet Correa Rivero   +6 more
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Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia, an enigma to the pathologists: Report of two cases

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
The oral cavity presents with an array of white lesions ranging from physiological alteration to extensive malignant entities. Among them, proliferative verrucous leukoplakia is a rare highly aggressive multifocal form of leukoplakia that poses a high ...
Snehashish Ghosh, Safal Dhungel, Pratikshya Poudel, Sushmita Adhikari   +3 more
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An inter-correlative study on clinico-pathological profile and different predisposing factors of oral leukoplakia among the ethnics of Darjeeling, India

Journal of Orofacial Sciences, 2017
Context: Idiopathic leukoplakia is the most common potentially malignant disorder of oral cavity. Owing to the year-wide cold environment in Darjeeling, here the indigenous ethnic people practice a distinct addiction pattern that strongly predisposes ...
Krishnendu Mondal, Rupali Mandal, Badal C Sarkar, Vaswati Das   +3 more
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Hairy Tongue [PDF]

, 2017
Hairy tongue (lingua villosa) is a commonly observed condition of defective desquamation of the filiform papillae that results from a variety of precipitating factors. [1] The condition is most frequently referred to as black hairy tongue (lingua villosa
Burgess, Jeff, Butler, David F., Eisen, Drore, Handler, Marc Zachary, Lynch, Denis P, Stafford, Gary L   +5 more
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Dental Care Utilization Among Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals

Journal of Public Health Dentistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals can experience notable health disparities, including higher HIV prevalence, social isolation, substance abuse, lack of culturally competent providers, and poorer health outcomes compared to heterosexuals due to stigma and discrimination.
Ishita Singh, Oladipo Afolayan, Sarah S. Jackson, Irene Tamí‐Maury   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Case report of rapidly progressive proliferative verrucous leukoplakia and a proposal for aetiology in mainland China [PDF]

, 2011
Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL) is a rare oral leukoplakia and has four features such as chronic proliferation, multiple occurrences, refractoriness to treatment and high rate of malignant transformation.
Lin Ge, Yun Wu, Lan-yan Wu, Lin Zhang, Bing Xie, Xin Zeng, Mei Lin, Hong-mei Zhou   +7 more
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The Role of Viruses in the Pathogenesis of Periodontitis

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This narrative review aimed to summarize current evidence on the presence and potential pathogenic role of viruses in periodontitis. Design: Narrative Review; Population: Patients with periodontitis; Exposure: Detection of viruses in oral samples (biopsies, saliva, gingival crevicular fluid, subgingival plaque, blood); Outcome: Viral prevalence, load ...
Kim Natalie Stolte, Jørgen Slots, Henrik Dommisch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differences in gene expression profile between vocal cord Leukoplakia and normal larynx mucosa by gene chip

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2018
Background Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play an important role in tumorigenesis. Vocal cord leukoplakia is a precancerous lesion in otolaryngological practice.
Jianhua Peng, He Li, Jun Chen, Xianming Wu, Tao Jiang, Xiaoyun Chen   +5 more
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The prognostic role of VEGF in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma [PDF]

, 2017
Emerging from potentially malignant disorders that in most cases will never become cancerous, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a cancer that is extremely difficult to diagnose early.
Mathew, Rohit Thomas
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Bacterial Involvement in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Potentially Malignant Oral Disorders

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To clarify the relationship between oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), potentially malignant oral disease (OPMD), and bacterial flora using metagenomic analysis. Methods This cross‐sectional observational study included 50 patients in the control group and 77 patients with OPMDs, 41 with early OSCCs, and 20 with advanced OSCCs ...
Atsumu Koketsu, Satoshi Fukase, Toru Tamahara, Tatsuru Saito, Akiko Ito, Yutaro Higashi, Tomonari Kajita, Tsuyoshi Kurobane, Masaaki Miyakoshi, Masahiro Iikubo, Kazuki Kumada, Bin Li, Muneaki Shimada, Ritsuko Shimizu, Tetsu Takahashi, Kensuke Yamauchi, Tsuyoshi Sugiura   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source