Title
Insights from an awareness survey on oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF)
Authors
Harippriya Karthikeyan, Abilasha Ramasubramanian*, Visalakshi Ramanathan
Affiliation
Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University 162, Poonamallee High Road, Chennai-600077
Harippriya Karthikeyan - 151601027.sdc@saveetha.com; Phone: +91 9003103571; Visalakshi Ramanathan - visalakshirm.sdc@gmail.com; Abilasha Ramasubramanian - abilasha@saveetha.com; Phone: +91 9600191071; *Corresponding author
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received October 7, 2020; Revised October 27, 2020; Accepted October 27, 2020; Published December 31, 2020
Abstract
Oral Submucous Fibrosis (OSMF) is characterized by Juxta-epithelial inflammation with oedema, fibroblasts, neutrophil and eosinophil inflammatory infiltrate. Therefore, it is of interest to gain insights from an awareness survey on ORAL SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS (OSMF). The sample size was 100 patients who had participated in this survey in Tamilnadu, India where 93% of the subjects used tobacco products. 81% of the patients were not aware of the malignancy caused by OSMF. A significant number of males use more tobacco than females (p value = 0.006 (<0.05) in the sample dataset. Thus, there is a need to create awareness on OSMF among the general population to combat the associated diseases.
Keywords
Oral Submucous Fibrosis; patients; causes; treatment modalities; awareness
Citation
Karthikeyan et al. Bioinformation 16(12): 999-1006 (2020)
Edited by
P Kangueane
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.
