The
Kleinman, et al. Study, 1994
Prevalence rates (per 1,000 persons) for oral mucosal
lesions found in
clinical exams
of 39,206 school
children, ages 5-17 years.
[Part
of the 1986/87 National Survey of Oral Health performed by NIH (NIDR)]
|
Clinical Diagnosis |
# Lesions |
# Lesions
per |
Estimated # U.S. Children Affected |
|
Aphthous ulcer |
524 | 12.3 | 533,588 |
|
Herpes labialis |
323 | 7.8 | 337,869 |
|
Smokeless tobacco keratosis * |
251 | 7.1 | 308,578 |
|
Geographic tongue |
235 | 6.0 | 260,503 |
|
Other ** |
108 | 2.9 | 123,819 |
|
Tumors, non-specific *** |
78 | 1.9 | 80,850 |
|
Unknown |
48 | 1.1 | 48,999 |
|
Ulcers, non-specific |
25 |
0.9 | 38,280 |
|
Mucocele |
17 | 0.4 | 16,458 |
|
Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis |
10 | 0.3 | 13,413 |
|
Verruca vulgaris |
12 | 0.3 | 12,057 |
|
Gingival hyperplasia |
12 | 0.3 | 16,493 |
|
Primary herpetic gingivostomatitis |
4 | 0.2 | 9,766 |
|
Candidiasis |
1 | 0.1 | 315 |
* Almost all cases were found in
white males 12 years of age and older.
** Most of the
"other" lesions were chronic cheek bit and lip bite, unspecified
pigmented macules and
dental abscesses.
*** Tumors were usually firm and of normal color, i.e. were probably mostly
irritation fibromas
Kleinman DV, Swango PA, Pindborg JJ. Epidemiology of oral mucosal lesions in United States schoolchildren: 1986-87. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1994; 22:243-253.