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. 2025 Mar 6:20:Doc07.
doi: 10.3205/dgkh000536. eCollection 2025.

Oral mucosal lesions in pediatric patients

Vasudevi Ramiah  1 , Devaki Manivannan  1 , Karthik Shunmugavelu  2 , Barun Kumar  3 , Evangeline Cynthia Dhinakaran  4
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Oral mucosal lesions in pediatric patients

Vasudevi Ramiah et al. GMS Hyg Infect Control. .

Abstract
in English, German

Dental caries and periodontal diseases are the most common oral disorders, followed by other oral lesions, e.g., of the mucous membranes. This study aimed to identify the pattern and expression of oral mucosal lesions in a pediatric population. 100 patients between 3 and 16 years of age from the department of pediatrics in a multispeciality hospital were examined. The majority of them had oral lesions (68%), with traumatic ulceration being the most common.

Die Beurteilung der Mundgesundheit umfasst eine sorgfältige Untersuchung von Hart- und Weichgewebe. Karies und Parodontalerkrankungen die häufigsten oralen Erkrankungen sind, gefolgt von anderen oralen Läsionen. Ziel der Studie war es, das Muster und die Ausprägung von Mundschleimhautläsionen in der pädiatrischen Bevölkerung zu identifizieren. Untersucht wurden 100 Patienten im Alter von 3 bis 16 Jahren aus der Abteilung für Pädiatrie in einem Krankenhaus mit mehreren Fachrichtungen. Die Mehrheit von ihnen hatte orale Läsionen (68%), wobei traumatische Ulzerationen am häufigsten waren.

Keywords: India; oral mucosal lesions; pediatric; traumatic ulceration.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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