title: Prevalence of habits and oral mucosal lesions in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dental health and oral health are used almost synonymously when stating the goals of oral health; such statements are only valid for dental health. This may lead to severe underestimation of the need of total oral health care. When planning measures of oral health care, the lack of data may lead to a risk of overlooking diseases of the soft tissue in, and adjacent to, the oral cavity. Prevalence data of oral mucosal lesions are available from many countries, but the information is usually restricted to very few lesions in each survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present study is an attempt to assess and compare the various deleterious habits and its associated oral mucosal lesions among patients visiting outpatient department of Jaipur Dental College, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was found that the prevalence of habits was 51.4% including both the sexes and prevalence of oral mucosal lesions were 9.9%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of habits and oral mucosal lesions is very high as compared with other studies. The habit of smoking was higher in males as compared to females.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Jaipur Dental College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Prerna
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pratik
authors.forename: Vela D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Desai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D001114:Areca; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000453:epidemiology; D017512:Lichenoid Eruptions / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008548:Melanosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology