Introduction- Oral lesions in denture wearers constitute a heterogeneousgroup of tissue changes, both with regard to pathogenesis,clinical and histopathological appearance, and possiblecomplications. The present study was conducted to analyze denture related oral lesions in study population. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 520 complete denture wearers with some lesions of both genders. The presence of oral lesions such as traumatic ulcer, angular cheilitis, denture stomatitis, epulisfissuratum and papillary hyperplasia were recorded. Results- Out of 520 patients, males were 280 and females were 240. The difference was non- significant (P- 0.5).340 patients had age above 40 years while 180 had below 40 years. 415 patients had been denture wearer for last 5 years while 105 were less than 5 years. The difference was significant (P < 0.05).Commonly seen lesion was denture stomatitis in males (170) and females (145) followed by epulis fissuratum in males (56) and females (44), angular cheilitis in males (30) and females (25) and traumatic ulcer in males (6) and females (10). The difference was significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion- Denture wearers are c more prone to develop lesions like denture stomatitis, epulis fissuratum traumatic ulcers and angular cheilitis. Thus frequent dentist visit is required to prevent developing lesions and denture replacement after 5 years is advisable.
Key words-Denture wearers, Epulisfissuratum, Stomatitis.

Received: 12 November 2017                               Revised: 20 November 2017                             Accepted: 21 November 2017
Corresponding Author: Dr. Aditi Sharma, Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Indira Gandhi Govt. Dental Hospital, Jammu, India

This article may be cited as: Sharma A, Singh VP, Atri B. Analysis of Denture Related Lesions in Oral Cavity - A Clinical Study. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2018; 4(1):122-124.