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ArticleNational journal of maxillofacial surgery

Clinicopathological features of oral potentially malignant disorders among tobacco users and nonusers.

Abbas Saleem Khan, Shahzad Ahmad, Zafar Ali Khan, Muhammad Nisar, Fiza Shafiq, Tehmina Naushin, Fatima Iqbal, Nasiha Bashir, Rakhi Issrani, Namdeo Prabhu

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Abbas Saleem KhanDepartment of Oral Pathology, Peshawar Dental College, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Shahzad AhmadFaculty of Medicine and Health Science, The University of Buckingham, Buckingham, United Kingdom.
Zafar Ali KhanDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Frontier Medical and Dental College, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad NisarDepartment of Oral Pathology, Peshawar Dental College, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Fiza ShafiqDepartment of Oral Pathology, Women Medical and Dental College, Abbotabad, Pakistan.
Tehmina NaushinDepartment of Oral Pathology, Peshawar Dental College, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Fatima IqbalDepartment of Oral Pathology, Peshawar Dental College, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Nasiha BashirDepartment of Oral Pathology, Peshawar Dental College, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Rakhi IssraniDepartment of Preventive Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakaka, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Namdeo PrabhuDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakaka, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate and report the clinicopathological features of oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) among tobacco users and nonusers. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional, study was conducted from April 2016 to September 2021 and composed of patients diagnosed with OPMDs. Hematoxylin and eosin-stained slides of 100 cases were assessed based on the WHO 2005 classification system, namely, epithelial precursor lesions and the binary system of oral epithelial dysplasia (OED). Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test were used to compare different categorical variables related to OPMDs. Results: The male-to-female ratio of OPMD cases was 1.5:1, and the mean age at presentation was 55.7 ± 14.15 ( Conclusion: A major risk factor for the development of OPMDs is the regular use of tobacco products. Tobacco users made up not only the largest proportion of OPMDs without OED but also OED cases with high-risk lesions.

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Clinicopathological featuresgrading systemsoral epithelial dysplasiaoral potentially malignant disorderstobacco

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