Oral white spot

Leukoplakia refers to plaque-like lesions of white or off-white keratinizing lesions that only occur on the mucous membranes. Such plaques on the oral mucosa cannot be wiped away, and they cannot be listed clinically or histopathologically. Those who are classified into other diseases are a common non-communicable chronic disease. Mucosa can occur in all parts of the oral cavity, but the cheeks and tongue are the most. The prevalence of domestic census results in 1980 was 10.47% (including smoke). For a long time, the white plaques that occurred on the oral mucosa were called ldquo; white plaques rdquo ;, which caused many white lesions to be mixed with white plaques, resulting in inappropriate results in epidemiology and treatment. In addition to white, the color of white spots can also appear as damage between red and white. It should be clear that leukoplakia is a clinical term seen by the naked eye. Histopathological changes should be consistent with the characteristics of precancerous lesions. Epithelial abnormal hyperplasia, not just epithelial hyperplasia.

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