Prevalence of soft tissue oral lesion in elderly and its relations with deleterious habits.

Introduction: With ageing, the oral mucosa becomes more susceptible to external stimuli.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of soft tissue oral lesion in elderly and its relations with deleterious habits.

Materials And Methods: It was a quantitative research conducted at the dental clinic of UNIFOR, Fortaleza-CE, in the period from 1998 to 2006.