[Prevalence of changes in oral soft tissue in special patients]

The authors, examining or revising 1.006 files of handicapped patients, found 214 with 25 different kinds of soft tissue alterations. To reach the final diagnosis they used, in 204 patients with 20 kinds of alterations, clinical criteria; in 10, they used histopathological exams. The purpose of this work was to study the presence of these alterations in handicapped patients. The authors found a great number and variety of pathological changes, and want to emphasize the needing of accuracy in the clinical exam of such patients.