A simplified intraoral appliance for protecting the flap in a patient with oral submucous fibrosis

• Main Authors: Sonia Abraham (Author), P S Manoharan (Author), N Karthi Arivarasan (Author), K Prabhu (Author), V C Karthik (Author), A Kirubakaran (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a chronic, debilitating premalignant condition of the oral cavity predominantly caused by betel chewing. In this condition, the sub mucosal tissues (lamina propria and deeper connective tissue) show inflammation and progressive fibrosis that results in inability to...