Oral submucous fibrosis

Pharmaceutical Applications of Collagen

Published in Amit Kumar Nayak, Md Saquib Hasnain, Dilipkumar Pal, Natural Polymers for Pharmaceutical Applications, 2019

K. Sangeetha, A. V. Jisha Kumari, E. Radha, P. N. Sudha

The deficiency of collagen may bring about heritable disorders like Ehlers-Dalnos syndrome, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Stickler syndrome, Alport syndrome, Epidermolysis bullosa, Marfan syndrome and autoimmune disorders like Systemic lupus erythematosus, Systemic sclerosis, Oral submucous fibrosis (Rose et al., 2001). The collagen loss was eventually the reason for skin aging (wrinkling and disorganized appearance), as we grow older. Other than this some of the external causes for collagen loss includes severe exposure to the sun, pollution in the air (i.e., continuous exposure to particulate matters in air will leads to loss of collagen), and so on.

Bioimpedance spectroscopy and spectral camera techniques in detection of oral mucosal diseases: a narrative review of the state-of-the-art

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Published in Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 2019

Shekh Emran, Miia Hurskainen, Laura Tomppo, Reijo Lappalainen, Arja M. Kullaa, Sami Myllymaa

Oral leukoplakia is the most common of all the OPMDs; this is a predominantly white lesion whereas oral erythroplakia, an erythematous red lesion, is less common. There are two other OPMDs; (a) oral lichen planus, characterised by T-lymphocyte-mediated inflammation [14] and (b) oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) characterised by inflammation and progressive fibrosis of the submucosal tissues, respectively. Oral leukoplakia and erythroplakia are considered as precancerous lesions, whereas oral lichen planus and OSMF are thought of as precancerous conditions [7] (Table 1).

Oral submucous fibrosis

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