Amit Shah|Bharat Bhushan|Saifullah Akhtar|Pankaj Kumar Singh|Madhur Garg|Mayank Gupta
Effectiveness of mouth self-examination for screening of oral premalignant/malignant diseases in tribal population of Dehradun district
Government Medical College|Doon University|Government Dental College and Hospital|Saraswati Dental College and Hospital
mouth selfexamination mse shown speedy economical effortless method oral cancer detection previous studies conducted population high literacy current survey performed explore usefulness mse finding oral cancerous precancerous lesions indigenous low literate population dehradun districtit crosssectional survey done buksa tribal communities dehradun district india seven tehsils district two randomly selected two villages selected individuals belonging buksa tribe age 18 years gathered commonplace total 539 people gave consent enrolled study using questionnaire information regarding sociodemographic details history risk factors practice mse obtained interview method followed recording oral findings single expert later performance mse taught participants asked record descriptive analysis chisquare test applied wherever applicable significance level kept 005it observed 539 participants 220 408 practiced mse 319 592 never practiced mse analysis showed total 39 males 427 females mse habits difference statistically significant p 005 totality prevalence oral lesions identified health worker 213 395 whereas mse showed prevalence rate 69 128 mse low sensitivity 246 whereas high specificity 874 lesions sensitive detecting ulcers 727 highest specificity identifying red lesions 992even though sensitivity mse detecting oral premalignantmalignant lesions low specificity high frequent efforts educate encourage public mse may enhance efficacy compliance