Year :
2019
| Month :
November
| Volume :
13
| Issue :
11
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ZC05 - ZC09
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Profile of Patients with White Lesions of the Oral Mucosa Treated at a Dental School in Southern Brazil
Published: November 1, 2019 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2019/42404.13314
Paola Trevizan Rampi, Diego José Gambin, Luciana Oliveira Leal, Kássia Estefânia Hauck, Aline Hubner da Silva, Maria Salete Sandini Linden, Micheline Sandini Trentin, João Paulo De Carli
1. Graduation Student, Department of Dentistry, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
2. PhD Student, Department of Dentistry, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
3. PhD Student, Department of Dentistry, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
4. Master Student, Department of Dentistry, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
5. Master Student, Department of Dentistry, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
6. PhD, Professor, Department of Dentistry, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
7. PhD, Professor, Department of Dentistry, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
8. PhD, Professor, Department of Dentistry, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
Correspondence Address :
Diego José Gambin,
Rua Primo Lourenço Albarello, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
E-mail: DIEGOJGAMBIN@GMAIL.COM
Abstract
Introduction: Oral diseases are frequent in dentistry. It is important to know the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of a series of cases of white lesions to intercept possible cancerous lesions of the oral cavity, enabling proper diagnosis and correct treatment.
Aim: The aim of this study was to go through the profile of a series of patients with white oral lesions treated at the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil, in a 2 years period.
Materials and Methods: The records of patients treated between July 2017 and June 2019 were analysed. In a total of 3,000 patients were initially analysed, 1,829 (60.96%) were women and 1,171 (39.04%) were men. The epidemiological data of the individuals (geographic region of origin, age, gender, ethnicity and deleterious habits) were collected, as well as clinical data regarding lesions {clinical or histopatologic diagnosis (depending on the lesion), aetiology, surface keratinization, treatment performed and time of evolution}. Data collected were entered into Microsoft Excel spread sheet and analysed using SPSS version 23.0 software. Chi-square test was used to compare categorical variables at 95% significance level.
Results: It was observed that white lesions were more prevalent in males (25-69.4%), who were in the sixth decade of life (17-47.2%), white people (31-86.1%), that inhabited the south-west Rio-Grandense (35-97.2%). As for lesions, actinic chelitis (8-22.2%), with “excessive sun exposure” (8-22.2%) and non scrapable surface (24-66.7%) were the most frequent lesions. No cases of leukoplakia were identified. The most common form of treatment for the lesions was laser therapy (7-19.7%) and the evolution time was up to three months (24-66.7%). The majority of the patients (19-52.8%) were neither smoker nor alcoholic (27-75.0%).
Conclusion: Actinic cheilitis was the most prevalent lesion. The cancerous lesions included in the sample (lichen planus, nicotine stomatitis, frictional keratosis and actinic cheilitis) demonstrate a significant presence in the sixth decade of life and men had more deleterious habits when compared to women in the studied region.
Keywords
Diagnostic, Follow-up, Oral health, Treatment
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2019/42404.13314
Date of Submission: Jul 09, 2019
Date of Peer Review: Aug 12, 2019
Date of Acceptance: Oct 19, 2019
Date of Publishing: Nov 01, 2019
AUTHOR DECLARATION:
• Financial or Other Competing Interests: Yes (as declaried above)
• Was Ethics Committee Approval obtained for this study? Yes
• Was informed consent obtained from the subjects involved in the study? NA
• For any images presented appropriate consent has been obtained from the subjects. NA
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