Oral lesions diagnosed in users of a Buccal Diagnosis Service in a city in Pernambuco: Cross-sectional study ; Lesiones bucales diagnosticadas en usuarios de un Servicio de Diagnóstico Bucal en un municipio de Pernambuco: Estudio transversal ; Lesões orais diagnosticadas em usuários de um Serviço de Diagnóstico Bucal em um município pernambucano: Estudo transversal

The oral cavity, besides showing variations on its normality standard, it also might express clinical signs of local lesions or clinical signs of systemic diseases which require a specific therapeutic approach. Therefore, the early recognition of oral lesions represents a clinical challenge in Stomatology. Thus, this research aimed to characterize in a qualitative and quantitative way the lesions found in the oral cavity of users of the bucal diagnosis, in the secondary health care, in a pernambucano county. This research is a cross-sectional study carried out between October of 2022 and March of 2023, with patients who required specialized care in bucal diagnosis. Were diagnosed 22 lesions in the sample which was comprised by 45 individuals. The lesions were devided in two groups for a better comprehension of the presentations. In the first group, the lesions with a higher prevalence were fibrous hyperplasia 37% (n=10), followed by denture stomatitis 15% (n=4). In the second group, the lesions with a higher prevalence were leukoplakia 20% (n=4) followed by vacular lesions with the same percentagem. It was concluded that life habits and sociodemographic factors were directly related to some lesions present in the oral cavity. The presence of lesions in the oral cavity, as well as the high tobacco load, of the smoker individuals were related to lesions found in their oral cavity in the physical exam. ; La cavidad bucal, además de presentar variaciones en su patrón de normalidad, también puede presentar signos clínicos de lesiones locales o enfermedades sistémicas que requieran manejo terapéutico. Por tanto, el reconocimiento y diagnóstico precoz de las lesiones orales representan un desafío clínico en Estomatología. Para ello, esta investigación tuvo como objetivo caracterizar cualitativa y cuantitativamente las lesiones encontradas en la cavidad bucal de usuarios de un servicio de diagnóstico bucal, en la atención secundaria de salud, en un municipio de Pernambuco. Se trata de un estudio transversal, realizado ...