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ISSN 2063-5346
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PREVALENCE OF LICHENOID REACTION IN SMOKELESS TOBACCO USERS REPORTED IN A PRIVATE DENTAL COLLEGE - A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

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Kalaivani Natarajan[a], Uma Maheshwari T N[b], Mahesh Ramakrishnan

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Oral lichenoid reactions are clinical and histological contemporaries of oral lichen planus, except that the oral lichenoid reactions have an etiological factor. There are several causes for lichenoid reaction like dental restorative material, drugs and medications, tobacco, graft-versus-host disease etc. Tobacco induced oral lichenoid reaction occurs as a unilateral, wavy, non elevated, non scrapable white lesion. The aim of the study to assess the prevalence of oral lichenoid reactions in smokeless tobacco users. The study was conducted as a retrospective - university based study. Datas of patients who were diagnosed with oral lichenoid reactions were collected. The datas were entered in excel sheets and analysed using SPSS software. Chi square test was done to assess the association between gender groups and tobacco habits. The present study shows the prevalence of lichenoid reaction in smokeless tobacco users is significantly high with the p-value (p=0.004 < 0.05), with buccal mucosa is the most common clinical side. However, there is no significance in the intensity and duration of chewing habit to lichenoid reaction.The prevalence of lichenoid reaction in smokeless tobacco users is high with buccal mucosa as the most common site.

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