Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2020

Oral Submucous Fibrosis: A Contemporary Morpho-Perceptive

Dr Yaseer Arafat, Dr Shaik Sharmila Sufia

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Oral Sub mucous fiosis (OSMF) has traditionally been described as “a chronic, insidious, scarring and crippling disorder of the oral cavity, characterized by abnormal collagen deposition often with involvement of the pharynx and the upper esophagus”. Millions of individuals are affected, especially in South and South East Asian countries. The main risk factor is areca nut chewing other factors include chillies, nutritional deficiencies and genetic processes. Symptoms include sub mucous fiosis, ulceration, xerostomia, a burning sensation, and restricted mouth opening. Due to its high morbidity and high malignant transformation rate, constant efforts have been made to develop effective treatment modalities using medicines, surgery and physiotherapy, with varying degrees of benefit, but none have been able to cure this disease completely, and hence, it has become a challenging condition. The present review updates the literature review of OSMF from a molecular perspective and summarizes its etiology, pathogenesis, various classification systems and clinical features in various stages of OSMF and therapeutic interventions

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ORAL SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS: A CONTEMPORARY MORPHO-PERCEPTIVE, Dr Yaseer Arafat, Dr Shaik Sharmila Sufia INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-6 | June-2020

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