IDENTIFICATION OF RISK FACTORS FOR MALIGNANT DISEASES IN THE ORAL CAVITY ON ANALYZING MEDICAL RECORDS

Bogaevskaya Oxana, Kosyreva Tamara, Rykhlevich Artem, Bogaevskaya Tamara

One of the leading causes of dental health impairments is oral cancer which is constantly increasing in prevalence transferring from the eighth to the sixth place in the structure of malignant diseases. The aim of the work was to find out the occurrence in revealing potentially malignant diseases in the oral mucous during patient's visit to a dentist in a municipal out-patient unit. For this, the researchers analyzed dentists' medical records and summary records. They studied 400 medical records ( form No 043у). In 60.3% of cases, when patients complained of some dental problems, there were no any description of the oral mucous state. In 14.3% of cases , when patients complained of some problems in the oral mucous , dentist's records fixed no changes in the mucous or its normal state. It is important to increase dentists' awareness on the influence of potentially malignant diseases in the oral mucous at public health.

Keywords:malignant processes, oral cavity, precancer