1.
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol
; 8(6): 283-333, 1980.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6937277
Subject(s)
Mouth Neoplasms/epidemiology , Precancerous Conditions/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Epithelium/pathology , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , India , Leukoedema, Oral/epidemiology , Leukoplakia, Oral/epidemiology , Leukoplakia, Oral/pathology , Lichen Planus/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Mouth Neoplasms/pathology , Oral Submucous Fibrosis/epidemiology , Palate/pathology , Precancerous Conditions/pathology , Smoking
2.
Acta Odontol Scand
; 36(6): 327-31, 1978.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-281856
ABSTRACT
A preleukoplakia, conceived as a precursor stage of leukoplakia, is grey or greyish-white area with indistinct borders. The paper describes 659 preleukoplakias detected among 20,358 individuals in two districts in India. In Bhavnagar district 99.5% of the preleukoplakias were among men. 23.5% of the hookli (clay pipe) smokers had preleukoplakias. In Ernakulam district 79.6% of the preleukoplakias were found among men and the mixed habit group of bidi smoking and tobacco chewing had the highest prevalence (6.1%). The preleukoplakias showed a marked tendency to regress; among the bidi smokers in Bhavnagar, 75% regressed. In two patients preleukoplakia turned into carcinoma.