title: Prevalence study of tongue lesions in a Hungarian population.
abstract: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of tongue lesions in a district population, in Budapest, called regularly for X-ray lung examinations. Oral examinations of 7820 individuals were performed, 42% were over 60 yr of age, 42.9% were men and 57.1% women. Tongue alterations were found in 18.52% of the examined individuals, more frequently in women than in men. Lingua fissurata has been diagnosed in 8.8%, geographic tongue in 3.0% of the examined subjects. Atrophic lesions of the tongue were found in 6.37%, among them 5.42% central papillary atrophy (median rhomboid glossitis): 0.35% of the total sample. Manifest clinical symptoms of oral Candidiasis were found in 2.15% of the total sample, and in 4.28% of patients with tongue lesions. The occurrence of oral leukoplakia and lichen in patients with tongue lesions was respectively 0.47 and 0.07%. The prevalence of tongue alterations was consistent with the literary data, the oral screening attached to the X-ray lung examinations proved to be useful in detecting changes of the oral mucosa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bánóczy
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rigó
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albrecht
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005928:Glossitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005929:Glossitis, Benign Migratory / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000453:epidemiology; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012744:Sex Ratio; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014063:Tongue, Fissured / Q000453:epidemiology