ABSTRACT

The study was aimed to assess the prevalence of oral ulceration and its association with gender among different types of ulcers among the patients reporting to a private institution in Chennai. The Study was conducted among 44000 patients attending the outpatient department of Saveetha Dental College, Chennai, during a time period of 6 months from June 2019- December 2019. The data was procured from electronic device and patient records were assessed and interpreted for the number of patients diagnosed with oral ulcers. The obtained data was tabulated using MS-Excel and analysed and interpreted with IBM SPSS software. The prevalence of oral ulcers among the patients reporting to Saveetha Dental College was 0.59% among which 60% were traumatic ulcers while 22% was aphthous ulcer. Herpetic ulcers were recorded the least with 18%. Male predilection was observed among traumatic and aphthous ulcers. Within the limitations of our current study, It is concluded that the prevalence of oral ulcers among Chennai population is 0.59%, among which traumatic ulcers were the most accounted for more than 50%. Keywords: Aphthous ulcer, Herpes, Oral ulcers, Traumatic ulcers
Publication date: 01/08/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.8.1090