Limited Evidence Suggests About One in Five Potentially Premalignant Oral Lesions Is Related to Human Papillomavirus

J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2021 Mar;21(1):101531. doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2021.101531. Epub 2021 Feb 2.

Abstract

Article title and bibliographic information: Human papillomavirus prevalence in oral potentially malignant disorders: Systematic review and meta-analysis. de la Cour CD, Sperling CD, Belmonte F, Syrjänen S, Kjaer SK. Oral Dis. 2020 Mar 6. https://doi.org/10.1111/odi.13322. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32144837.

Source of funding: None. The authors have no actual or potential conflicts of interest.

Type of study/design: Systematic review with meta-analysis.

Keywords: Meta-analysis; Oral leukoplakia; Oral lichen planus; Oral pathology; Oral submucous fibrosis; Papillomaviridae.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Alphapapillomavirus*
  • Humans
  • Mouth Diseases*
  • Papillomaviridae / genetics
  • Precancerous Conditions*
  • Prevalence