Adjunctive aids for the detection of oral premalignancy.
Early detection of cancer greatly decreases the morbidity and mortality rates and thereby increases the 5-year survival rates. In developing countries like India where the disease is highly prevalent focus is mainly on decreasing the mortality rates which can be easily achieved by detection at an asymptomatic stage. Visual examination has been the standard screening method for screening oral cancer through several decades, and it is well known that conventional visual examination is limited to subjective interpretation and cannot be easily achieved in certain anatomical sites. As a solution to all these adjunctive techniques have emerged, and it has been widely used. An effort is made through this paper to review the most commonly used adjunctive aids for the detection of premalignancy and cancer.
Department of Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Radiology, Madha Dental College and Hospital, Kundrathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Charanya
Department of Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Radiology, Sree Mookambika Institute of Dental Science, Kulasekaram, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Raghupathy
Department of Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Radiology, Vivekanandha Dental College for Women, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India.
Amjad Fazeela
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Farzana
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rajah Muthiah Dental College and Hospital, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Murugan
Department of Prosthodontics, Rajah Muthiah Dental College and Hospital, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Krishnaraj
Department of Prosthodontics, Rajah Muthiah Dental College and Hospital, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Kalarani
Adjunctive aids; autoflourescence; chemiluminescence; oral squamous cell carcinoma; premalignancy; sensitivity; specificity