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Clinical study of 200 patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis
Alberto Rodríguez-Archilla1, Tarik Raissouni2
1Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Odontología, Unidad de Medicina Bucal, Granada, España.
Introduction:
Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) affects approximately 20% of the general population. Its etiology is still unknown.
Objective:
To analyze this entity's clinical features.
Method:
Data such as age, gender, family history of RAS, age at first episode onset, prodromal symptoms, number, size, morphology and localization of lesions, RAS clinical form, annual rate of recurrence, predisposing factors, symptoms and time for symptoms and lesions disappearance were assessed in 200 patients with RAS.
Results:
Patients had RAS minor forms. Main clinical characteristics were family history of RAS (89%), first episode at ≥ 10 years of age (69%), prodromal symptoms (66%), one lesion per episode (63%), < 0.5 cm lesions (64%), rounded morphology (55%), localization at the tongue (27%), 3 recurrent episodes per year (36%), stress as predisposing factor (34%), symptom disappearance in 2 days (54%) and healing of lesions in 8 days (40%).
Conclusion:
Even when RAS is a common disorder of the oral mucosa, there is no curative treatment available. Therapeutic measures seek to reduce the pain and size of lesions, accelerate the time of recovery and decrease the rate of relapses.
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