Visalakshi Ramanathan

Department of Prosthodontics, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, India

Publications

• Research Article   
  Role of Antifungal in Management of Leukoplakia: A Retrospective Study
  Author(s): Dhinesh Kumar S, Jayanth Kumar Vadivel* and Visalakshi Ramanathan
  
  Oral leukoplakia is one of the most common potentially malignant disorders seen in our Indian Subcontinent. It is present in relation to the consumption of tobacco products, mainly smoking. The most common site for the occurrence of leukoplakia is the buccal mucosa. There is a hypothesis that red component of leukoplakia may be attributed to the fungal hyphae. The aim of this study was to analyze the management of leukoplakia using antifungal drug. The study picked out 99 leukoplakia patients from the 89000 cases of leukoplakia case sheets available. The study sample consisted of 94 male and 5 females with leukoplakia. The majority of the patients were in the age of 40-50 years with a mean of 48.66 years. The study sample had 77 homogenous variants and 22 non-homogenous variants. The vast majority of patients were males with the homogenous variant. However.. Read More»