Abstract

GUERRERO BRITO, Marisleydi; PEREZ CABRERA, Duniesky  and  HERNANDEZ ABREU, Noelí Marta. Premalignant oral lesions in patients with smoking habit. Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2020, vol.24, n.1, pp.159-164. ISSN 1029-3043.

Multiple lesions of interest can be distinguished in the oral cavity in dental practice. Benign, premalignant and malignant lesions can be mentioned among them. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out at XX Anniversary University Polyclinic in Santa Clara, between November 2014 to May 2016, with the aim of characterizing premalignant lesions in smokers of the 21-9 and 21-10 medical offices. As a conclusion, age group of 60 years, male gender and premalignant lesions in the cheek mucosa predominated in the studied population.

Keywords : mouth neoplasms; tobacco use disorder.

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