Background and Objectives: There are a few studies on histopathologic type of oral lesions especially from Iran. The aim of this study was to survey the oral lesions in Babol, northern Iran. Methods: The histopathology records were retrospectively reviewed for all lesions of oral cavity and jaws, during the years 1990 to 2009. The data were collected from the archive of pathology and analyz...

background: reactive lesions of the oral cavity are non-neoplastic proliferations with very similar clinical appearance to benign neoplastic proliferation. this similarity is troublesome in the differential diagnosis. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency and distribution of oral cavity reactive lesions. materials and methods: the study was a retrospective archive review. the med...

background: few studies regarding oral lesions of children and adolescents were reported in the medical literature. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of these lesions in patients from birth to 20 years old in babol, northern iran.methods: the slides of all cases of oral lesions in children and adolescents, between 1990 and 2012 were obtained from the pathology archives of sha...

Abstract: According to recent studies, oral lesions associated with COVID-19, manifests in various forms which may be as inaugural symptoms for the onset of the disease. However, further investigations are needed to confirm their probable characteristic role in diagnosis of COVID-19. It should be also noted that any oral manifestation in COVID-19 must be considered to avoid neglecting oral chan...

background there is a dearth of epidemiologic studies that provide important information to understand the incidence, prevalence and severity of oral lesions in patients with tuberculosis (tb). objectives this study aimed to determine the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions and adverse habits among hospitalized tb patients. patients and methods the study was conducted on all the tb patients (n =...

background and aims. the onset of opportunistic infections in hiv-positive patients is generally associated with a low cd4 count. oral manifestations can be the first clinical sign of the infection and also determine the progression of disease. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of oral soft tissue manifestations and their relationship with the degree of immunosuppression...

many types of cancers develop in the oral and maxillofacial region. squamous cell carcinoma is the most common cancer and constitutes over 90 percent of these tumors. malignant transformation is a genetic process, which later makes a phenotyping change at the cellular level. some cancers such as oral squamous cell carcinomas (osccs) develop from pre-malignant lesions and conditions. despite adv...

objective: oral lesions are among the important reasons for seeking dental care. being frequently encountered, giant cell lesions form an important group of oral lesions. the epidemiologic data on these lesions, however, is scarce in iran. the present study investigated epidemiological and demographic characteristics of giant cell lesions in oral biopsies done in one of the largest oral patholo...