Prevalence of oral white lesions among population of Sasihitlu Village

Sasihitlu, a coastal area of Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka, India, is known to have a large population of Hindus. The main source living is fishing. It has been observed that a large section of population is involved in habits like smoking, chewing quid and alcohol consumption. The purpose of this study was planned to evaluate prevalence of white lesions based on data such as distribution according to age, sex and intraoral locations and correlation with smokeless tobacco habits among population of Sasihitlu Village, Mukka, Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka, India.

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Dr.Suhail Latoo is presently working as Assistant Professor and Head in Department of Oral Pathology,Government Dental College & Hospital,Srinagar. He has obtained BDS in 2004 and MDS in speciality of Oral Pathology in 2008. He has 42 international and national publications as Author/Co-author, including contribution in 02 text books