A Clinical Survey of Oral Soft Tissue Lesions in Institutionalized Geriatric Patients in Israel¹

Abstract

A clinical survey of oral soft tissue lesions in 298 geriatric patients in Israel was conducted. White lesions were found in 9.5% of smokers and 2.19% of non-smokers. Varicosities increased from 11.1% to 41.1% between ages 50-99 years. Pigmentation, hairy tongue, and papillary atrophy of the tongue all increased with age. Hairy tongue was found in 12.8% of men and 4.5% of women.

Oral mucosal conditions in elderly dental patients

“…The present investigators noted that varices and fissured tongue were the two most common mucosal changes found in this elderly Thai population (59.6 and 28%, respectively). These findings are consistent with those of other reports in that varices and fissured tongue are common among the elderly and their prevalence increase with age (Darwazeh and Pillai, 1973; Kaplan and Moskona, 1990; Kovac‐Kavcic and Skaleric, 2000; Reichart, 2000; Lin et al, 2001). The third most prevalent finding was traumatic ulcer (15.6%).…”

“…There is general agreement that denture stomatitis is the most common oral mucosal disorder in the elderly (Budtz‐Jorgensen, 1981; Vigild, 1987; Jorge et al, 1991). Other common oral mucosal changes not related to denture wearing are coated tongue and lingual varicosities (Kaplan and Moskona, 1990; Corbet, Holmgren and Phillipsen , 1994; Nevalainen, Narhi and Ainamo , 1997). The majority of reported oral mucosal conditions in the elderly are benign in nature; however, some may become malignant, especially if local or systemic predisposing factors coexist (Nevalainen et al, 1997).…”

Epidemiological study of 534 biopsies of oral mucosal lesions in elderly Brazilian patients

“…The ageing of the world populations and the increased interest in the oral health of the elderly have given rise to several epidemiological surveys, most of them based only on clinical data [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] . However, epidemiological studies based on data from oral biopsies have rarely been reported 10 .…”

Oral lesions in elderly population: a biopsy survey using 2250 histopathological records

“…In these studies, candidosis, fibrous inflammatory hyperplasia, traumatic ulcer, and angular cheilitis were the most prevalent lesions. In other countries, oral health data of elderly population have also been collected, such as in Chile 8 , Argentina 9 , Canada 10 , England 11 , Spain 12,13 , Finland 14,15 , Germany 16 , Thailand 17 , China 18,19 , Israel 20,21 , and South Africa 22 . All of these studies have examined the oral mucosal conditions of elderly people based on clinical diagnosis.…”