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Prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in a brazilian military police population

BACKGROUND: Data obtained from oral health surveys are very important for identifying disease-susceptible groups and for developing dental care and prevention programs. So, the purpose of the current article was to investigate the prevalence of oral mucosa lesions (OMLs) in a population of Brazilian...

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Autores principales: Araújo, Viviani-Silva, Godinho, Eliane-Lopes, Farias, Lucyana-Conceição, Marques-Silva, Luciano, Santos, Sérgio-Henrique-Sousa, Rodrigues-Neto, João-Felício, Ferreira, Raquel-Conceição, De-Paula, Alfredo-Maurício-Batista, Martins, Andréa-Maria-Eleutério-de Barros-Lima, Sena-Guimarães, André-Luiz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medicina Oral S.L. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4483325/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26155334
http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.51934
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Data obtained from oral health surveys are very important for identifying disease-susceptible groups and for developing dental care and prevention programs. So, the purpose of the current article was to investigate the prevalence of oral mucosa lesions (OMLs) in a population of Brazilian police. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Interviews and oral cavity examinations were performed on a sample of 395 police officers who were randomly selected by the calibrated researcher. The number of individuals was obtained by a sample calculation using the finite population correction. The diagnostic criteria were based on the WHO (1997) criteria and adapted to Brazilian surveys. RESULTS: In total, 8.61% of the population presented some OML. Traumatic injuries and benign migratory glossitis (BMG) were the most prevalent lesions. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of potentially malignant disorders was lower than among the Brazilian population.The most prevalent lesion among the police officers was related to trauma. Patients dissatisfied with oral health had a higher risk of presenting OMLs. Key words:Mouth disease, mouth mucosa, military personnel, public health, oral pathology, oral leukoplakia.