Prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in patients of the Kuwait University Dental Center

The purpose of this study was to determine the number, types, and locations of oral mucosal lesions in patients who attended the Admission Clinic at the Kuwait University Dental Center to determine prevalence and risk factors for oral lesions. Intraoral soft tissue examination was performed on new patients seen between January 2009 and February 2011. The lesions were divided into six major groups: white, red, pigmented, ulcerative, exophytic, and miscellaneous. Five hundred thirty patients were screened, out of which 308 [58.1%] had one or more lesions. A total of 570 oral lesions and conditions were identified in this study, of which 272 [47.7%] were white, 25 [4.4%] were red, 114 [20.0%] were pigmented, 21 [3.7%] were ulcerative, 108 [18.9%] were exophytic, and 30 [5.3%] were in the miscellaneous group. Overall, Fordyce granules [n = 116; 20.4%] were the most frequently detected condition. A significantly higher [p < 0.001] percentage of older patients [21-40 years and 41 years] had oral mucosal lesions than those in the

Biopsied oral soft tissue lesions in kuwait: a six-year retrospective analysis

The aim of this study was to determine the relative frequency of biopsied oral soft tissue lesions in Kuwait. Biopsy records and microscopic sections of all oral soft tissue biopsies seen in the Department of Histopathology at Al-Amiri Hospital, Kuwait, between January 2004 and December 2009 were reviewed. The biopsies were divided into two major groups; group 1: nonneoplastic lesions, and group 2: neoplastic lesions. Group 1 was subdivided into reactive, inflammatory, cyst/cyst-like, dysplastic, and pigmented lesions. Group 2 was subdivided into epithelial and mesenchymal lesions, and also into benign and malignant lesions. Of the 858 biopsies, 732 [85.3%] were nonneoplastic while the remaining 126 [14.7%] were neoplastic. In group 1, more than half of the lesions were within the reactive subgroup [n = 386; 52.7%] while in group 2, 94 [74.6%] lesions were epithelial in origin and 32 [25.4%] were mesenchymal. In addition, 70 [55.6%] lesions were malignant and 56 [44.4%] were benign. Of the 858 biopsies, the most common lesions were fibrous hyperplasias: 178 [20.7%]; mucoceles: 110 [12.8%]; pyogenic granulomas: 94 [11.0%]; squamous cell carcinomas: 56 [6.5%], and lichenoid mucositis: 49 [5.7%]. The majority of the lesions were nonneoplastic and were related to local irritation or trauma. Most neoplastic lesions were epithelial in origin. Oral squamous cell carcinoma was one of the most prevalent oral lesions highlighting the importance of prevention, early detection and diagnosis of oral cancer