ABSTRACT

The aim of the study was to evaluate the age and gender of patients with leukoplakia visiting a Dental College and comparing their age and gender with their habits Oral leukoplakia is potentially malignant disorder affecting the oral mucosa. It is defined as essentially an oral mucosal white lesion that cannot be considered as any other definable lesion. Oral leukoplakia is is a white patch or plaque that develop in the oral cavity and is strongly associated with smoking. Risk factors include alcohol consumption, tobacco use in any form, including cigar, cigarette bedi and pipe. From the data of 86,000 patients who visited the hospital from June 219 to march 2020; data of 317 patients with the diagnosis of leukoplakia were extracted. The report included the age group, gender of patients with their ID and Name. Record of each case were examined and tabulation of the data was done in Excel sheet followed by statistical analysis using SPSS software V 20.0 (IBM). Oral leukoplakia was predominant in the age group (21-30) years. Among male and female gender, leukoplakia was found to be more in males. There was a negative association of age, gender and oral leukoplakia.(p>0.05) chi-square test. This study showed an increased predominance of leukoplakia among males as compared to females and most affected age group range from 21-30 years (younger adult) and statistical association was not significant of (gender*age). Keywords: Smoking, Tobacco, Gender, oral leukoplakia, oral disease
Publication date: 01/08/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.8.1077