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Prevalence Of Oral Mucosal Lesions And Related Risk Habits In Outpatient Dental Clinics In Malaysia And Yemen., Raji M. S. Hajeb
Prevalence Of Oral Mucosal Lesions And Related Risk Habits In Outpatient Dental Clinics In Malaysia And Yemen., Raji M. S. Hajeb
Student Works (2010-2019)
The purpose of this study is to determine and compare the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions (OML) and related risk habits and the influence of these habits on oral mucosal lesion prevalence among dental outpatients in Malaysia and Yemen during the period from May to October 2009. A total of 554 and 520 dental outpatients from Malaysia and Yemen with mean ages of 41.9± 17.04 years and 36.6±15.62 years respectively were interviewed and examined. The prevalence of OML namely (oral malignant lesions, potentially malignant disorders and other lesions) in Malaysia was 23.29% while the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in …