20.500.12556/DiRROS-19157 Epidemiology of oral mucosal lesions in Slovenia Background Among the diseases of oral mucosa, malignant tumors are the most dangerous, but not the most common lesions that might appear in the oral cavity. Since most of the studies are focused on the detection of cancer in the oral cavity, we were interested in detecting the frequency of benign changes of the oral mucosa in Slovene population. Oral mucosal lesions are important pointer of oral health and quality of life, especially in elderly. The prevalence of oral mucosal lesions, together with information on the risk habits associated with oral health, such as tobacco and alcohol use, can help in planning future oral health studies and screening programs. Patients and methods Survey upon oral mucosal lesions was conducted during the national project for oral cancer screening in spring 2017 in the Slovenia in which more than 50% of dentists participated and 2395 patients (904 men and 1491 women) were included. Results Clinical examination, which was conducted according to the WHO standards revealed that 645 patients (27%) had oral mucosal lesions. The ten most common oral lesions detected were fibroma, gingivitis, Fordyce spots, white coated tongue, cheek biting, linea alba, denture stomatitis, geographic tongue, recurrent aphthous ulcerations and lichen planus. Conclusions Overall, these epidemiological data suggest need for specific health policies for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of oral mucosal lesions. oral mucosa lesions epidemiological data malignant tumors lezije ustne sluznice epidemiološki podatki maligni tumorji true false true Association of Radiology and Oncology Ljubljana Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik by Authors Neznano 2024-07-02 12:58:44 2024-07-02 12:58:44 2024-07-03 03:39:46 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2018 0 0 Soavtorji: Vojko Didanovic, Tadej Dovsak, Bozana Loncar Brzak, Ivica Pelivan, and Diana Terlevic; str. 263-266, III no. 3 Vol. 52 Sep. 2018 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2018-09-01 616.31 1318-2099 10.2478/raon-2018-0031 34069977 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6137360/pdf/raon-52-263.pdf 1 0e963f2f-3862-11ef-b487-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=26371 RAZ_Kansky_Andrej_2018.pdf RAZ_Kansky_Andrej_2018.pdf 1 608FD05E1A4BC232449EE70005A1940E 7d2b529ee34caeefbb915985fcced84f96d088627eb1973e5af79d8a3a97ca9d 559510b0-3862-11ef-b487-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=26374 Onkološki inštitut Ljubljana 0 0 0