The
Bouquot Study, 1986
Prevalence rates (per 1,000 persons) for visible oral lesions found in
23,616
adults (predominantly whites) over 35 years of age who attended
well publicized
oral cancer screening clinics in 13 communities
in Minnesota, USA.
[This
represents approximately 2/3 of all older adults in the
smaller communities (11
of the 13 communities studies)]
|
Clinical Diagnosis |
# lesions/1,000 persons |
||
|
Males |
Females |
Total |
|
|
Leukoplakia |
43.2 |
20.9 |
28.9 |
|
Lesion, NOS, oral |
23.5 |
17.6 |
19.7 |
|
Torus palatinus |
13.2 |
21.7 |
18.7 |
|
Irritation fibroma |
13.0 |
11.4 |
12.0 |
|
Fordyce granules |
17.7 |
5.2 |
9.7 |
|
Torus mandibularis |
9.6 |
7.9 |
8.5 |
|
Lesion, NOS, other |
3.5 |
6.9 |
5.7 |
|
Hemangioma, oral |
8.4 |
4.1 |
5.6 |
|
Inflammatory ulcer |
5.4 |
5.1 |
5.2 |
|
Inflammatory erythema, oral |
4.5 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
|
Papilloma |
5.3 |
4.2 |
4.6 |
|
Epulis fissuratum |
3.5 |
4.4 |
4.1 |
|
Varicosities, lingual |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
|
Fissured tongue |
3.5 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
|
Inflammatory erythema, oropharynx |
3.5 |
3.0 |
3.2 |
|
Geographic tongue |
3.4 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
|
Trauma, NOS (not otherwise specified), oral |
2.9 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
|
Papillary hyperplasia |
1.7 |
3.8 |
3.0 |
|
Herpes labialis |
2.4 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
|
Mucocele |
1.9 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
|
Scar tissue |
2.4 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
|
Angular cheilitis |
1.8 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
|
Smokeless tobacco keratosis |
4.2 |
0.2 |
1.7 |
|
Hyperplastic lingual tonsil |
2.4 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
|
Hematoma/echhymosis |
1.9 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
|
Frictional keratosis (cheek bite) |
0.7 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
|
Hyperplastic pharyngeal tonsil |
1.5 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
|
Lichen planus |
1.2 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
|
Squamous cell carcinoma |
2.5 |
0.1 |
0.9 |
|
Severe epithelial dysplasia |
2.1 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
|
Buccal exostosis |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
|
Leaf-shaped fibroma (beneath denture) |
0.4 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
|
Amalgam tattoo |
0.6 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
|
Median rhomboid glossitis |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
|
Hairy tongue (black) |
1.2 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
|
Glossitis, atrophic |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
|
Nicotine palatinus |
1.2 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
|
Epidermoid cyst |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
|
Nevocellular nevus, oral |
0.1 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
|
Oral melanotic macule |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
|
Non-lingual oral tonsils, hyperplastic |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
|
Leukoedema |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
|
Herpes zoster, intraoral |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
|
Lipoma |
0.1 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
|
Pseudomembranous candidiasis |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
|
Herpes simplex, intraoral |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
|
Ranula |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
Sialolithiasis |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
|
Bifid uvula |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
|
White coated tongue |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
|
Gingival hyperplasia |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Hyperplastic buccinator node |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Commissural lip pits |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Cyst of Blandin-Nuhn |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Basal cell carcinoma, vermillion |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Macroglossia |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
|
Pyogenic granuloma |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
|
Nasoalveolar cyst |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
|
Neurofibroma |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
Bouquot JE. Common oral lesions found during a mass screening examination. J Amer Dent Assoc 112:50-57, 1986.