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Prevalence of Developmental Anomalies of the Oral Mucosa: A Cross-Sectional Study
Dr. Harish Rajendran, Dr. Harshitha Jayaganesh1
Dr. Hariprasath Palanisamy, Dr. Hemamalini Balu2
Dr. Haripriya B, Dr. Haripriya TM3
Dr. Hariharan K, Dr. Jafar Siddique S4
Dr. Raghu Dhanapal5
Dr. Kavitha Muthu6
1 2 Interns, RVS Dental College and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. 3 4 Interns, RVS Dental College and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. 5 6 Interns, RVS Dental College and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. 7 8 Interns, RVS Dental College and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. 9 Professor, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, RVS Dental College and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. 10 Professor and Head, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, RVS Dental College and Hospital, Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu, India.
Published Online: March-April 2026
Pages: 210-216
Cite this article
↗ https://www.doi.org/10.59256/ijrtmr.20260602030
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North India: a cross-sectional study. J Oral Biol Craniofac Res. 2020; 10(4):512-517.
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variants in Western Indian dental outpatients. J Clin Exp Dent. 2022; 14(3):e221-e228.
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population: a cross-sectional observational study. Indian J Dent Res. 2021; 32(2):178-184.
2. Bork K, Burgdorf W, Hoede N. Oral Mucosal Diseases: A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment. Stuttgart: Thieme; 2006.
3. Cawson RA, Odell EW. Cawson's Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine. 8th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; 2008.
4. Axell T. A prevalence study of oral mucosal lesions in an adult Swedish population. Odontol Revy Suppl. 1976; 36:1-103.
5. Bouquot JE, Gundlach KK. Oral exophytic lesions in 23,616 white Americans over 35 years of age. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol.
1986; 62(3):284-291.
6. Shulman JD. Prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in children and youths in the USA. Int J Paediatr Dent. 2005; 15(2):89-97.
7. Jahanbani J, Sandvik L, Lyberg T, Ahlfors E. Evaluation of oral mucosal lesions in 598 referred Iranian patients. Open Dent J. 2009;
3:42-47.
8. Darwazeh AM, Pillai K. Prevalence of tongue lesions in 1013 Jordanian dental outpatients. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1993;
21(5):323-324.
9. Goregen M, Melikoglu M, Miloglu O, Erdemci B. Prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in Turkish dental outpatients. J Contemp Dent Pract.
2011; 12(1):16-22.
10. Martin JL. Leukoedema: an epidemiological study in white and African Americans. J Tenn Dent Assoc. 1997; 77(1):18-21.
11. Srivastava R, Mishra P, Singh A, Chandra A. Prevalence of developmental anomalies of oral mucosa in a tertiary dental institution in
North India: a cross-sectional study. J Oral Biol Craniofac Res. 2020; 10(4):512-517.
12. Patil S, Majumdar B, Yadav RK, Agrawal N, Gupta R. Multicentre cross-sectional study on the prevalence of oral mucosal developmental
variants in Western Indian dental outpatients. J Clin Exp Dent. 2022; 14(3):e221-e228.
13. Anand R, Krishnan R, Balasubramanian S, Mohan V. Prevalence of leukoedema and associated factors in a South Indian dental outpatient
population: a cross-sectional observational study. Indian J Dent Res. 2021; 32(2):178-184.
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