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Demographic and clinicopathological comparison among oral lichen planus, lichenoid lesions and proliferative verrucous leukoplakia: a retrospective study

BMC Oral Health
Background Clinicopathological diagnosis and follow-up of oral lichen planus and leukoplakia are necessary due to its potential for malignant transformation and the need to differentiate it from other lichenoid diseases and proliferative verrucous ...
Milena Duarte Moreira, Fernanda Doyle Maia, Viviane Limongi Zimbrão, Emilly Collodetti, Tânia Regina Grão-Velloso, Liliana Aparecida Pimenta-Barros, Simone de Queiroz Chaves Lourenço, Danielle Resende Camisasca   +7 more
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A quantitative expression of Ki-67 to evaluate malignant transformation rate in potentially malignant disorders

Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2018
Objective: To evaluate the quantitative expression of Ki-67 in oral leukoplakia, oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) and to compare their expression with normal oral epithelium.
Mani D Chitipothu, Kiran K Kattappagari, Divyasri Godavarthy, Chandrashekar Poosarla, Sridhar R Gountu, Venkata R. R. Baddam   +5 more
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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
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Comparison of pain and swelling after removal of oral leukoplakia with CO2 laser and cold knife: a randomized clinical trial [PDF]

, 2013
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare conventional surgery with carbon dioxide (CO2) laser in patients with oral leukoplakia, and to evaluate the postoperative pain and swelling.
Camacho Alonso, Fabio, López Jornet, María Pía   +1 more
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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

Correlation of PD-1 and PD-L1 expression in oral leukoplakia and oral squamous cell carcinoma: an immunohistochemical study

Scientific Reports, 2023
The programmed cell death protein (PD-1)/programmed cell death protein ligand (PD-L1) pathway and cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen are the most important co-stimulatory molecules that play a key role in the negative regulation of T cells during ...
L. R. Greeshma, Anna P. Joseph, T. T. Sivakumar, Varun Raghavan Pillai, Gopikrishnan Vijayakumar   +4 more
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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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Nail Disorders in Systemic Conditions

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nail findings in children can be indicative of an underlying systemic disease. Many of these findings are seen in multiple entities and are not specific to one disease. The importance of specifically examining for these nail changes cannot be overstated.
Jane Sanders Bellet
wiley   +1 more source

Photodynamic therapy as a new therapeutic approach of oral lichen planus [PDF]

, 2019
Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic, immunologically mediated disease, defined by periods of exacerbation and quiescence. The disease is associated with a low mortality risk, but in some instances, morbidity can be important, especially in extensive ...
Georgescu, Simona Roxana, Mitran, Cristina Iulia, Mitran, Madalina Irina, Popa, Gabriela Loredana, Sarbu, Maria Isabela, Tampa, Mircea, Tocut, Sandra Milena   +6 more
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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