leukoplakia

THE TERM LEUKOPLAKIA ORIGNATES FROM 2 GREEK WORDS-LEUKO I.E WHITE & PLAKIA I.E PATCH.

Leukoplakia is a disorder of the mouth where in there are white patches inside the mouth and on the tongue. It is white patch on the mucous membrane that is gums and the inside of the cheeks. These patches cannot be scarped off easily as they are quite thick. The diagnosis of Leukoplakia is one of exclusion that is first it is made sure that the white spots are not because of any other disease like lichen planus or candidiasis. It affects even less than one percent of population. The causes of this disease is not known and but it is considered that it can happens because of chewing or smoking tobacco though there are times when patients feel a certain irritation due to other reasons also like the consumption of alcohol also.

DEFINITION
ACC. TO WHO
It is a whitish patch or plaqu

From: http://pediatricdentists.blogspot.com/2011/11/leukoplakia.html#.TrZl8Iipsc4.pingfm