Effectiveness of the Microlux/DLTM chemiluminescence device in screening of potentially malignant and malignant oral lesions.

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.

Accuracy of rapid oral HCV diagnostic test among a Saudi sample.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the accuracy of the OraQuick® rapid diagnostic test in the detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies in oral fluid among a Saudi population sample.

Design: A case-control cross-sectional study was conducted on 60 HCV-positive patients and 100 HCV-negative control subjects.

Patients And Methods: The HCV-positive patients were recruited from the Clinics of Infectious Diseases of King Abdulaziz University (KAU) Hospital, Jeddah, while the control group was collected from KAU, Faculty of Dentistry, including staff and students.

Prevalence of potentially malignant oral mucosal lesions among tobacco users in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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.