Injuries of the oral mucosa in the population of the Isla de la Juventud Special Municipality. January-April 2015

Abstract

The odontology in his work has to perform a thorough and orderly examination of the oral cavity and detect any alteration, treat it or refer the patient to the appropriate specialist, it is essential and for this no additional resources are needed. It is a duty of the stomatologists, because by interrupting their evolutionary process, they are performing the detection or prevention of a cancer. A descriptive study was carried out in the population of the special municipality Isla de la Juventud, during the period of January-April 2015, by means of a physical examination of the oral cavity to 125 patients to determine the frequency of lesions in the oral mucosa, its distribution according to age and sex, as well as its anatomical location. The main results were that 10.7% of those examined had lesions on the oral mucosa; the most affected age was the group of 60-74 years old and the female sex. The most frequent injuries were: cheilophagia, subprosthesis stomatitis, then leukoplakia and ulcer. The most affected anatomic location was the cheek mucosa and the hard or soft palate. Oral mucosal lesions had low prevalence. The age group of 60-74 years and the female sex were the most affected. Cheilophagia was the most common oral lesion found in these patients. The topographic region most affected was the mucosa of the cheek.