Background: The oral cavity is vulnerable to a limitless number of environmental insults because of its exposure to the external world.Hence; we planned the present study to assess the prevalence of oral white lesions among known population. Materials & methods: A total of 200 patients were included in the present study. Mouth mirror and probe were used for oral examining the patients. All the results were recorded and were analyzed by SPSS software. Results:Commonly observed oral white lesions in the present study were Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF), Oral lichen planus (OLP), Oral leukoplakia (OL) and Oral candidiasis (OC). Prevalence percentage OSMF, OLP, OL and OC was 1, 0.5, 1 and 1.5 percent respectively. Overall prevalence of oral white lesions was 4 percent.Conclusion:Oral white lesions do affect significant percentage of population.
Key words: Oral, Prevalence, White.

Received:  12 May 2018                                   Revised: 14 June 2018                                  Accepted: 16 June 2018

Correspondence to: Dr. Niharika Singh Rathore, Senior lecturer, Dept.of Oral Medicine Diagnosis and Radiology, Jodhpur dental college, Jodhpur, Rajasthan,

This article may be cited as: Rathore NS,  Kumar M, Galav A, Chauhan M. Prevalence of Oral White Lesions among Known Population: A Clinical Study. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2018; 4(4):79-81.