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This cross-sectional study will assess the prevalence of oral changes among smokers in an Egyptian cohort (patients attending to the hospital of Faculty of Dentistry - Cairo University), aiming that this study can serve as a baseline for future studies with the goal of finding ways to improve oral health and increase awareness of the hazards of smoking in Egypt
The participants will be selected from the pool of the Clinics of Oral Medicine, Periodontology and Diagnosis Department and the Diagnostic center, Faculty of Dentistry - Cairo University. For each eligible participant, a full history will be obtained according to a questionnaire followed by thorough clinical examination.
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| printed questionnaire | Other | For each eligible participant, a full history will be obtained according to a questionnaire followed by thorough clinical examination. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| oral mucosal lesions | Identifying and recording oral mucosal lesions | one year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Oral health-related quality of life (OH-QoL) evaluation | using Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) | one year |
| histopathological evaluation | light microscope |
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The participants will be selected from the pool of the Clinics of Oral Medicine, Periodontology and Diagnosis Department and the Diagnostic center, Faculty of Dentistry - Cairo University. For each eligible participant, a full history will be obtained according to a questionnaire followed by thorough clinical examination.
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Faculty of Dentistry | Cairo | 11728 | Egypt |
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Histopathological evaluation of clinically suspicious oral lesions to detect dysplasia (Warnakulasuriy et al., 2007 and Rastogi et al., 2013).
| one year |