Abstract

RAMON JIMENEZ, Ruth et al. Characterization of aged adults with premalignant and malignant oral lesions. MEDISAN [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.6, pp.730-737. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross sectional study of 43 aged adults with premalignant and malignant oral lesions, belonging to the area of "Julián Grimau García" University Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba was carried out during the 2013, aimed at characterizing them according to selected variables. Those affected of the seventh decade of life with lesions caused by the presence of risk factors, such as tabaquism, scarce oral hygiene and maladjusted prosthesis, the hard palate as the affected anatomical site and the no practice of the oral self-exam prevailed. The prolonged use of prosthesis influenced negatively in the emergence of scarce lesions and the subprosthesis was the most frequent premalignant state. These results showed the inefficacy of the health promotion actions, since the increase of the patients life quality was not achieved

Keywords : aged adult; oral self-exam; oral lesion; risk factor; primary health care.

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