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OLIVEIRA, Lycia Gardênia dos Santos; SILVA, José Augusto Santos da; MELO, Maria de Fátima Batista de  e  BRASILEIRO, Bernardo Ferreira. Prevalence of oral precancerous and cancerous lesions in outpatients assisted at FBHC from 2006 to 2007. Odontol. Clín.-Cient. (Online) [online]. 2010, vol.9, n.2, pp. 145-150. ISSN 1677-3888.

The use of natural products in dentistry is a viable and effective alternative in preventing and fighting The incidence of mouth cancer has increased considerably and, still today, is a problem of public health around the world. The purpose of this study was to study retrospectively dental charts of patients attended at the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dr. João de Andrade Garcez, in Aracaju, from June of 2006 to June of 2007, aiming to identify the prevalence of cancerous and precancerous lesions, beyond to correlate the risk factors of cancer in this population. From a total of three hundred and ninety four dental files assessed, it was observed that the ratio man: woman was 1:1. Of these, 9 men and 2 women had presented diagnosis of mouth's cancer. The most frequent cancerous lesion was the scamous cell carcinoma (9 patients). Beyond these, it was found one patient of buccal melanoma and one patient of a metastatic adenocarcinoma of prostate origin. Of these, the frequency of injuries was considered cancerizáveis records of 7 cases of leukoplakia, lichen planus of 2, 4, and 2 actinic cheilitis of hyperplasia by mal-adjusted prosthesis. According to the risk factors, smoking appeared in 81,8% of the cases, and alcoholism was present in 63,6% of the total cases of cancer. In such a way, this study aimed to cooperate for the evaluation of risk cancer in the State of Sergipe, being suggested the development of politics of public health for each region of Brazil, in order to control this illness, after all, the culture and exposition to the risk factors vary from one place to another.

Palavras-chave : Oral cancer; Epidemiology; Risk Factors; Prevention And Control.