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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2019

Oral manifestation in leprosy: A cross-sectional study of 100 cases with literature review.

Puneeta Vohra, Md Siraj Ur Rahman, B Subhada, Rahul Vinay Chandra Tiwari, M S Nabeel Althaf, Monika Gahlawat

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Puneeta VohraDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, SGT University, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
Md Siraj Ur RahmanDepartment of Prosthodontics, Govt Dental College and Hospital, Afzal Gunj Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
B SubhadaDepartment of Periodontics, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery, Vikarabad, Telangana, India.
Rahul Vinay Chandra TiwariDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery, Vikarabad, Telangana, India.
M S Nabeel AlthafConsultant Periodontist, Kavil's Smiley Multi Specialty Dental Clinic, Uppala, Kasaragod, India.
Monika GahlawatDepartment of OMFS, Maharaja Ganga Singh Dental College and Research Centre, 11 L.N.P, Hanumangarh Rd, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India.

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backgroundLeprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease of the peripheral nerve and muscle of upper respiratory tract. Consequence to the neighboring primary site, oral lesions have been seen in 20--60% of patient with leprosy mainly lepromatous leprosy. The lepromatous nodules may be infective and may lead to the spread of disease and hence require proper diagnosis.

aimTo assess oral lesion in leprosy patients. To assess the disease and the occurrence of oral lesion according to age and gender. To detect any primary lesion in oral cavity and compare these lesions in duration to study. MATERIALS AND

methodsA total of 100 patients with leprosy were examined and there oral manifestations were recorded.

resultsIt was found that 70 (70%) leprosy patients showed oral manifestations. And 18 (25%) had chronic generalized periodontitis, 9 (12.8%) cases of oral melanosis, 7 (10%) atrophy of papillae and loss of taste sensation each, 6 (8.5%) complained of aphthous and candidiasis each, 5 (7.14%) depigmentation, and 4 (5.71%) smokers palate, oral submucous fibrosis, and fissured tongue.

conclusionOur clinical findings are in conjugation with previous studies; however, as per the review of literature this is the first study worldwide where we have examined 100 cases of leprosy which has not been documented till date. We suggest that the lesser incidence of oral lesions observed recently compared to older reports because of more effective present treatment which is initiated earlier.

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