Background: Chewing Tobacco is one of the common practices in Asian Subcontinent. Varies studies in the past literature have quoted higher incidence of occurrence of oral mucosal lesions among tobacco chewers. Hence; we planned the present study to assess the incidence of oral mucosal lesions among tobacco users of known population. Materials & methods: The present study included assessment of incidence of oral mucosal lesions among tobacco users of known population. A total of 200 subjects were screened in the present study.All the patients were given a self-framed questionnaire for getting the information in relation to the habit history.  Clinical examination of all the patients was carried out. All the results were compiled and analyzed by SPSS software. Results: A total of 200 subjects were screened in the present study. The overall incidence of Tobacco associated oral mucosal lesions in the present study was 12.5 percent. These oral mucosal lesions were more common among subjects with history of more than 5 years of tobacco chewing. Conclusion: Incidence of occurrence of oral mucosal lesions increases with increase in duration of the tobacco chewing habit.
Key words: Incidence, Oral lesions, Tobacco.                                    

Received:  10 May 2018                                                   Revised: 14 June 2018                                        Accepted: 18 June 2018

Correspondence to: Dr. Suresh Paul Attokaran, Private Practitioner, Smile Dental, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

This article may be cited as: Attokaran SP. Assessment of incidence of occurrence of Oral Mucosal Lesions among Tobacco Users: A Clinical Study. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2018; 4(4):105-107.