CLINICAL SUBTYPE, LESION SIZE AND ANATOMICAL SITE AS DETERMINANTS OF ORAL EPITHELIAL DYSPLASIA IN LEUKOPLAKIA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF 330 PATIENTS FROM AN ARECA-NUT-ENDEMIC REGION OF SOUTH INDIA
Background: Oral leukoplakia is the commonest oral potentially malignant disorder, and epithelial dysplasia remains its strongest histological predictor of progression. Whether chairside clinical features can identify lesions likely to harbour dysplasia has direct implications for biopsy prioritisation in resource-cons...