MOUTH SELF-EXAMINATION (MSE): EFFECTIVENESS AS A PREVENTIVE STRATEGY FOR SCREENING OF ORAL PREMALIGNANT/MALIGNANT LESIONS
Abstract
Background: This study was conducted to determine the efficiency of Mouth Self-Examination (MSE) as a screening strategy for the early detection of Oral Premalignant/Malignant Lesions.
Methods: This study collected data from 100 participants via a questionnaire-based survey who visited the Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib (India).
Results: The data was examined using SPSS version 16 with a significance value of 0.05. The specificity of MSE was the highest for ulceration at 100% (P=0.445), whereas the sensitivity of MSE was 100% for bleeding, 98.9% for mouth opening, and 55.5% for white patches.
Conclusion: Although the MSE technique was less sensitive in detecting oral premalignant/malignant lesions, the specificity of the MSE method was comparatively high. This demands increased efforts to educate the population regarding oral premalignant/malignant lesions to increase the efficiency and acceptance of MSE.
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K. Thoi Thoi Singha, Dilpreet Singh Saini, Ashish Kapoor, Sonam Jordan Bhutia, Ligam Padu and Antriksh Chauhan (2024); MOUTH SELF-EXAMINATION (MSE): EFFECTIVENESS AS A PREVENTIVE STRATEGY FOR SCREENING OF ORAL PREMALIGNANT/MALIGNANT LESIONS, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 12 (08), 714-720, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/19305
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