Title
Prevalence of oral submucous fibrosis linking with Areca Nut usage among Indians
Authors
Abhishek Jayaswal1,*, Saurabh Goel1, Kavita Verma1, Srujal Jivrajani1 & Barkha Makhijani2
Affiliation
1Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Pacific Dental College and Research Center, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India; 2Department of Periodontics, Pacific Dental College and Research Center, Udaipur, India; *Corresponding author
Abhishek Jayaswal - E-mail: jaiswal68.aj@gmail.com
Saurabh Goel - E-mail: drsaurabh_2008@yahoo.com
Kavita Verma - E-mail: kavita.m.verma@gmail.com
Srujal Jivrajani - E-mail: srujaljivrajani@gmail.com
Barkha Makhijani - E-mail: drbarkhamakhijani@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received July 1, 2024; Revised July 31, 2024; Accepted July 31, 2024, Published July 31, 2024
Abstract
The prevalence of oral submucous fibrosis amongst population of Southern Rajasthan is of interest to dentists. Hence, a cross sectional study had been conducted on 3548 patients from 18-60 years age group who visited the Department of the Oral Medicine and Radiology, Pacific Dental College and Research Centre, Bedla, Udaipur was completed. They were subjected to thorough case history related to quid habit in arecanut (Areca catechu L.) form and to diagnose OSMF clinically. 1645 processed form of arecanut users were identified. The prevalence of arecanut chewers in study population has been reported to be 46.36%. The prevalence of OSMF in study population has been reported to be 458 (12.9%). Exact component associated and the mechanism involved in the occurrence of OSMF is still not available in literature and research is going on regarding unveiling this mysterious lesion.
Keywords
Areca nut, oral submucous fibrosis, Indians
Citation
Jayaswal et al. Bioinformation 20(7): 751-753 (2024)
Edited by
Swati Kharat
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
