KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF ORAL ULCERS AMONG GENERAL POPULATION OF TWIN CITIES OF PAKISTAN
Farheen Shahid Shahid
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Abstract
Mouth ulcers are a common complaint by patients, with individuals regularly presenting to primary care practitioners for diagnosis and treatment. As we know, mouth ulcers are annoying and often painful sores that appear inside the mouth. They most commonly occur inside the cheeks, on the lips, tongue and gums and, more rarely, on the roof of the mouth. In most cases, a single ulcer is due to trauma caused by accidental biting of the cheek or tongue, sharp foods, broken teeth, over vigorous tooth brushing or poorly fitting dentures. These traumatic ulcers tend to be isolated to the area of trauma and normally go away once the source of the problem is removed. The most traumatic ulcers heal on their own, within a week. Recurrent aphthous stomatitis is a frequent issue that causes mouth ulcers on a regular basis in otherwise healthy adolescents and teenagers.The cause is not known, but it is not infectious and is unlikely to be inherited. We have discus types of oral ulcers and there treatments. We in this thesis conducted a survey based questionnaires in twin cities of Pakistan suggesting some question that how much awareness does people of twin cities have about oral ulcer the results are quit good that most of the people thinks that they have good knowledge about oral ulcers and they maintain the hygiene too.
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