Luciana Maria Goguţā, Forin Topala, Anca Jivānescu
Intro: Early detection and diagnosis of premalignant oral lesions is important for the quality of life of patients
Methods: 113 patients wearing complete or partial dentures were included in the study after signing an Informed Consent in accordance with the Ethical Committee from University pf Medicine and Pharmacy “V Babes” Timisoara, Romania (CECS38/12.04.2022). The interview for each patients included: age, gender, smoking tobacco, drinking alcohol, oral hygiene, and general health condition. The clinical intraoral examinations included: the lips, the oral mucosa, the tongue, the floor of the mouth, the labial sulcus in maxilla, the mandibular labial and lingual sulcus, the palatal vault and the oropharyngeal isthmus. In cases where there was clinically found at least one lesion, the patient was examined by using auto-fluorescent light (VELscope)
Results: The advanced age affected health condition (p< .001), drinking alcohol (p< .001), smoking tobacco (p< .001) and poor oral hygiene (p=0.02) are influencing the occurrence of premalignant oral lesions. Also wearing the complete and partial removable dentures can affect the heath oral mucosa.
Conclusion Age, general health, personal habits, local hygiene and removable denture wearing are influencing the presence of oral premalignant lesions. Auto-fluorescence light was useful in early diagnosis of oral premalignant lesions.
DOI: 10.62610/RJOR.2025.1.18.15
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