Incidence of Traumatic Ulcer among the Patients Visiting Private Dental Hospital- Retrospective Study

Abstract

Introduction: Oral mucosal ulcers are one of the most common types of ulcer of which Traumatic ulcers are common and acute in nature, caused by some form of trauma to the mucous membrane in the oral cavity. It is most commonly seen in the Buccal Mucosa, Lips, and occasionally in the Palate and Lateral border of tongue. It is caused by physical, chemical or thermal trauma resulting in damage and ulcer formation.
 Materials and Methods: The data for the present study n = 345 patients was collected by analysing case sheets of patients who visited Saveetha Dental College from June 2019- February 2021. The collected data was subjected to statistical analysis using the SPSS software by IBM of version 23.
 Results: From the results of the study, Traumatic Ulcer has Male predilection with incidence rate of 62.2% compared to females with incidence of 37.7%. Most of them were in the age group of 21-30 years age group (34.5%) and least in the 71-85 years age group (2.9%). Traumatic ulcer was most common in the Alveolar mucosa (32.2% )
 Conclusion: From the present study it can be concluded that Traumatic ulcer is more common in Males. However, Gender, Age, Oral Hygiene, Usage of Tobacco products were not significantly influencing the rate of incidence of Traumatic Ulcer.

Traumatic Ulcer Associated with Iatrogenic Trauma After Basal Cell Adenoma Surgery

“…Traumatic ulcer is an oral lesion characterized by the loss of epithelial lining, reaching the lamina propria. This condition presents a single lesion with irregular borders surrounded by diffuse erythema, white in color, and covered with pseudo-membrane [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Traumatic ulcer can be acute, chronic, self-limiting, and typically heals within 10-14 days when the causative factor is eliminated [1,4,5].…”

“…This condition presents a single lesion with irregular borders surrounded by diffuse erythema, white in color, and covered with pseudo-membrane [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Traumatic ulcer can be acute, chronic, self-limiting, and typically heals within 10-14 days when the causative factor is eliminated [1,4,5]. The symptoms are manifested frequently on the lips, palate, lateral tongue, as well as buccal mucosa.…”

“…The symptoms are manifested frequently on the lips, palate, lateral tongue, as well as buccal mucosa. Lesions can occur in other areas including the mucobuccal folds and gingiva due to trauma from toothbrushes or food [1,3,4,7,8].…”

“…In Indonesia, traumatic ulcer has a prevalence of 93.3%, which is the highest compared to Thailand (13.2%), Malaysia (12.4%), Spain (7.1%), Denmark (4.4%) and Chile (3.5%). This condition is predominantly found in males (20.9%) than in females (13.7%), possibly due to the greater biting force, leading to mucosa ulceration [4,5,[8][9][10]. Traumatic ulcer can be a consequence of damage from thermal, physical, chemical, and iatrogenic trauma, as well as the formation of ulcer at the mucous membranes.…”

“…Traumatic ulcer can be a consequence of damage from thermal, physical, chemical, and iatrogenic trauma, as well as the formation of ulcer at the mucous membranes. Iatrogenic trauma might occur in the oral mucosa during dental treatment using dry cotton rolls, saliva ejectors, rotary instruments, and dental tools [3,4,7,10].…”