Publications by authors named "Safia Ali Al Attas"
Background: To evaluate the effectiveness of Microlux/DL with and without toluidine blue in screening of potentially malignant and malignant oral lesions.
Materials And Methods: In this diagnostic clinical trial clinical examination was carried out by two teams: 1) two oral medicine consultants, and 2) two general dentists. Participants were randomly and blindly allocated for each examining team.
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- The study aimed to evaluate how accurate the OraQuick® rapid test is for detecting hepatitis C antibodies in oral fluid among a Saudi population.
- Conducted with 60 HCV-positive patients and 100 HCV-negative controls, the test showed 88.33% sensitivity and 100% specificity for detecting HCV antibodies in saliva.
- The findings suggest that oral fluid testing can be an effective, non-invasive method for HCV detection, especially useful in areas with high visitor traffic, like Saudi Arabia, for quick and easy screening.
Smoking is recognized as a health problem worldwide and there is an established tobacco epidemic in Saudi Arabia as in many other countries, with tobacco users at increased risk of developing many diseases. This cross sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence of oral mucosal, potentially malignant or malignant, lesions associated with tobacco use among a stratified cluster sample of adults in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A sample size of 599 was collected and each participant underwent clinical conventional oral examination and filled a questionnaire providing information on demographics, tobacco use and other relevant habits.
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