Incidence of Tobacco Related White Lesions in Patients

Usage of tobacco has been a common habit in India. It is positively associated with lesions in the oral cavity. No study has been conducted in this part of Tamil Nadu regarding this.The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence of tobacco related white lesions in patients. A hospital based study was carried out at private dental college. The data of patients with tobacco related white lesions was obtained by reviewing the case sheets. The data was tabulated and statistical analysis was done by SPSS software version 19. Of the five lesions that were studied, it was found that tobacco pouch keratosis had the highest incidence rate of 33.42%, followed by leukoplakia 25.8%, Oral submucous fibrosis 24.02%, Stomatitis nicotina 14.6% followed by lichenoid reaction is 2.1%, . The lesions were more prevalent in males than females . The incidence of premalignant lesions were more than other white lesions. Hence tobacco cessation programmes should be conducted to educate the people