Study group(N = 2395; %) | Cheek biting (N = 39) | Linea alba (N = 38) | Fibroma (N = 56) | Fordyce spots (N = 46) | Oral cancer (N = 9) | Oral lichen planus (N = 26) | Oral leukoplakia (N = 12) | |
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Smokers | 392; 16.37% | 20; 51.28% | 15; 39.47% | 10; 17.86% | 11; 23.91% | 9∗∗; 100% | 6; 23.1% | 4; 3.33% |
Non-smokers | 2003; 83.63% | 19; 48.72% | 23; | 46; | 35; 76.08% | 0; 0% | 20; 76.9% | 8; 6.66% |
60.53% | 82.14% |
Without oral lesions | Oral lesions present | One oral lesion | Two or more oral lesions | The most frequent oral lesion | ||
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Male (N = 904) | Non-smokers (N = 719) | 531 (73.85%) | 188 (26.14%) | 154/188 (81.91%) | 34/188 (18.08%) | Fordyce spots |
Smokers (N = 166) | 117 (70.48%) | 49 (29.51%) | 35/49 (71.5%) | 14/49 (28.5%) | cheek biting | |
Ex-smokers (N = 19) | 15 (78.94 %) | 4 (21.05%) | 4/4 | - | - | |
Female (N = 1491) | Non-smokers (N = 1249) | 914 (73.17%) | 335 (26.82%) | 288/335 (85.97%) | 47/335 (14.02%) | fibroma |
Smokers (N = 226) | 163 (72.12%) | 63 (27.87%) | 53/63 (84.12%) | 10/63 (15.85%) | linea alba | |
Ex-smokers (N = 16) | 10 (62.5%) | 6 (37.5%) | 6/6 | - | traumatic ulcer |
Frequency of occurrence | Oral lesion | Number and % within the whole sample and within the patients with oral lesions |
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1. | fibroma | 56 (2.33%–8.7 %) |
2. | gingivitis | 51 (2.12%–7.90%) |
3. | Fordyce spots | 46 (1.92%–7.13%) |
4. | white coated tongue | 40 (1.67%–6.20%) |
5. | cheek biting | 39 (1.62%–6.04%) |
6. | linea alba | 38 ( 1.58%–5.89%) |
7. | denture stomatitis | 36 (1.50%–5.58%) |
8. | geographic tongue | 32 (1.33%–4.96%) |
9. | recurrent aphthous ulceration | 31 (1.29%–4.80%) |
10. | fissured tongue | 27 (1.12%–4.18%) |
11. | traumatic ulcer | 27 (1.12%–4.18%) |
12. | lichen | 26 (1.08%–4.03%) |
13. | mucosal pigmentation | 25 (1.04%–3.87%) |
14. | amalgam tattoo | 21 (0.87%–3.25%) |
15. | vascular lesions | 21 (0.87%–3.25%) |
16. | hyperkeratosis | 21 (0.87%–3.25%) |
17. | mucocele | 20 (0.83%–3.10%) |
18. | haemangioma | 19 (0.79%–2.94%) |
19. | papilloma | 18 (0.75%–2.79%) |
20. | reccurrent herpes | 15 (0.62%–2.32%) |
21. | decubital ulcer | 15 (0.62%–2.32%) |
22. | leukoplakia | 12 (0.50%–1.86%) |
23. | papillitis lingue | 10 (0.41%–1.55%) |
24. | oral squamous cell carcinoma | 9 (0.37%–1.39%) |
25. | mucosal petechiae | 7 (0.29%–1.08%) |
26. | candidal infection | 7 (0.29%–1.08%) |
27. | leukoedema | 5 (0.20%–0.77%) |
28. | frictional hyperkeratosis | 5 (0.20%–0.77%) |
29. | teeth impressions on the mucosa | 4 (0.16%–0.62%) |
30. | haematoma after bite | 3 (0.12%–0.46%) |
31. | black hairy tongue | 3 (0.12%–0.46%) |
32. | angular cheilitis | 2 (0.08%–0.31%) |
33. | median rhomboid glossitis | 2 (0.08%–0.31%) |
34. | lingua accreta | 2 (0.08%–0,31%) |
35. | hyperplastic candidiasis | 1 (0.04%–0.15%) |
36. | nicotine stomatitis | 1 (0.04%–0.15%) |