Oral Submucous Fibrosis

Different habits and cultural practices time and again have been abusing the oral cavity. These habits do much more harm, than good to human being. In day-to-day clinical practice Medical practitioners and Dental surgeons often encounter a wide spectrum of oral mucosal alterations. One such pathological condition is Oral Submucous Fibrosis. Oral Sub Mucous Fibrosis (OSMF) is a chronic disease and a well recognized potentially malignant condition of the oral cavity characterized by inflammation and a progressive fibrosis of the lamina propria and deeper connective tissues.

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MDS in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology & Microbiology from SBBDC, Ghaziabad. She is the author of various specialist articles in different International and Indian Journals and gives lectures at various conferences and meetings. She has done extensive research in "Expression of Vimentin in Oral Submucous Fibrosis and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma".