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Araújo, Viviani Silva; Godinho, Eliane Lopes; Farias, Lucyana Conceição; Silva, Luciano Marques da; Santos, Sérgio Henrique Sousa; Rodrigues Neto, João Felício; Ferreira, Raquel Conceição; De Paula, Alfredo Maurício Batista; Martins, Andréa Maria Eleutério de Barros Lima; Guimaraes, Andre Luiz Sena
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This document is a artículo publicadoDate2015
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http://hdl.handle.net/10550/44836
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Background: Data obtained from oral health surveys are very important for identifying disease-susceptible groups
and for developing dental care and prevention programs. So, the purpose of the current article was to investigate
the prevalence of oral mucosa lesions (OMLs) in a population of Brazilian police.
Material and Methods: Interviews and oral cavity examinations were performed on a sample of 395 police officers
who were randomly selected by the calibrated researcher. The number of individuals was obtained by a sample
calculation using the finite population correction. The diagnostic criteria were based on the WHO (1997) criteria
and adapted to Brazilian surveys.
Results: In total, 8.61% of the population presented some OML. Traumatic injuries and benign migratory glossitis
(BMG) were the most prevalent lesions.
Conclusions: The prevalence of potentially malignant disorders was lower than among the Brazilian population.
The most prevalent lesion among the police officers was related to trauma. Patients dissatisfied with oral health had
a higher risk of presenting OMLs.
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Araújo, Viviani Silva ; Godinho, Eliane Lopes ; Farias, Lucyana Conceição ; Silva, Luciano Marques da ; Santos, Sérgio Henrique Sousa ; Rodrigues Neto, João Felício ; Ferreira, Raquel Conceição ; De Paula, Alfredo Maurício Batista ; Martins, Andréa Maria Eleutério de Barros Lima ; Guimaraes, Andre Luiz Sena. Prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in a brazilian military police population. En: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry, 2015, Vol. 7, No. 2: 208-211 |