Oral examination to detect potentially malignant disorders and mouth cancer
November is Mouth Cancer Awareness month here in the UK and around 6,500 cases are diagnosed a year. Mouth cancer is the 6th commonest cancer worldwide. In India, Sir Lanka and Pakistan it is the most...
View ArticleOral cancer detection: Limited evidence for use of chemiluminescence and...
Worldwide 263,000 new cases or oral cancer are seen each year with around 127,700 deaths. In the UK the incidence has increased since the 1980s. As outcomes are better with early detection approaches...
View ArticlePhotodynamic therapy: review finds insufficient evidence of its effectiveness...
A number of premalignant malignant oral lesions (eg, leukoplakia, erythroplakia, verrucous hyperplasia, sub-mucous fibrosis) have been identified. A range of treatment approaches have been suggested...
View ArticleOral leukoplakia: malignant transformation rate highly variable
This review of the malignant transformation rate of oral leukoplakia included 24 studies, the majority of which were retrospective. The range of malignant transformation was between 0.13% and 34.0%....
View ArticleOral potentially malignant disorders and impact on quality of life
14 studies were included in this review of the impact of oral potentially malignant disorders of the quality of life. However, they were mainly focused on oral lichen planus, so they provide little...
View ArticlePotentially malignant disorders of the oral cavity: Evaluation guideline
This new clinical practice guideline from the American Dental Association (ADA) updates the 2010 guideline on “Evidence-based Clinical Recommendations Regarding Screening for Oral Squamous Cell...
View ArticleOral potentially malignant disorders – how common are they?
This review of the prevalence of oral potentially malignant disorders included 22 observational studies providing a pooled estimate for prevalence of 4.47% (95% CI;2.43-7.08). The post Oral potentially...
View ArticleOral lichen planus: Rate of malignant transformation
This review of the malignant transformation rate (TR) of oral lichen planus included 21 observational studies the majority of which were retrospective. The overall estimate of TR was 1.4%. The post...
View ArticleAloe vera for treatment of oral submucous fibrosis?
This review effectiveness of aloe vera on alleviating the symptoms of oral submucous fibrosis included 6 RCTs . The findings suggest a possible benefit but 5 of the trials were at high risk of bias so...
View ArticleTop Dental Elf Blogs: May – Aug 2018
Popular Dental Elf blogs in May-Jun 2018 include; tooth whitening; oral surgery and anticoagulants, anxiety management in children using CBT and oral lichen planus The post Top Dental Elf Blogs: May –...
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