1Junior Resident, Department of Dermatology, Sree Balaji Medical College & Research Institute
2Professor, Department of Dermatology, Sree Balaji Medical College & Research Institute
*Corresponding Author: Dr. S.R. Sruthy, Junior Resident, Department of Dermatology, Sree Balaji Medical College & Research Institute
Online published on 26 September, 2019.
This study is to evaluate the possible etiological factors responsible, the epidemiological pattern, role of adjuvant vitamins and anti-oxidants in oral leukoplakia.
Persistent leukoplakia, has a potential for malignant transformation. Anti-oxidant supplements have beneficial effect in subjects with reduced risk factors.
Leukoplakia is the most common potentially malignant disorder of the oral mucosa, recently redefined as “a white plaque of questionable risk having excluded (other) known disorders that carry no increased risk factor for cancer”.
Leukoplakia, oral disorder
