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To assess the relationship between the type, frequency, and duration of tobacco usage and the risk categorization of potentially malignant oral lesions.

January 1, 2013Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial PathologyOpen Access

Trends in frequency and duration of tobacco habit in relation to potentially malignant lesion: A 3 years retrospective study

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To assess the relationship between the type, frequency, and duration of tobacco usage and the risk categorization of potentially malignant oral lesions.
Retrospectively analyzed biopsied cases of potentially malignant oral lesions (N=191) evaluated between 2007 and 2009.
Categorized lesions based on histopathology into high-risk lesions, low-risk lesions, and questionable risk lesions.
Correlated risk categories with demographic parameters (age and gender) and tobacco characteristics, including habit type (chewing, smoking, or both), frequency (<5 vs. >5 packets/day), and duration (<5 vs. >5 years).
Tobacco habits were documented in 122 of 191 patients, with frequency recorded in 109 cases and duration recorded in 99 cases.
Stratification by both frequency and duration thresholds (<5 vs. >5 packets/day and <5 vs. >5 years) corresponded to classifications in the high-risk category.
Histopathologically confirmed high-risk lesions were observed at higher rates in males than females and in smokers compared to chewers.

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Retrospective study finds higher rates of high-risk potentially malignant oral lesions among male tobacco smokers, highlighting the severe oncogenic risks of smoking habits.

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Garg et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa92eb16db186eb9162e650 https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-029x.119760

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Retrospective study finds higher rates of high-risk potentially malignant oral lesions among male tobacco smokers, highlighting the severe oncogenic risks of smoking habits.

Trends in frequency and duration of tobacco habit in relation to potentially malignant lesion: A 3 years retrospective study

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