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.