Grading of Oral Epithelial Dysplasia – A Review
M. K. Masthan, E. Rajesh, U. Tamilarasi and N. AnithaDepartment of Oral Pathology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Pallikaranai, Chennai-600100.
Abstract: Pathologist assess oral precancerous lesions with their dysplastic features by grading of oral epithelial dysplasia (OED) .Evaluating of precancerous lesion arises from two factors (1) lack of knowledge in predicting future development of cancer. (2) Lack of evaluating the criteria which is already established. This article provide a detail review of all the grading systems.
Keywords: epithelial dysplasia; precancerous; photographic Back to TOC