Clinical and histologic studies on electrogalvanically induced oral white lesions.

Author: Bánóczy J, Roed-Petersen B, Pindborg JJ, Inovay J.

Source: Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol.

Year: 1979

Comment:

"The authors of this study which examines oral galvanism conclude, "The role of electrogalvanic microcurrents in the development
of white lesions of the oral mucosa is substantiated by the disappearance or regression of no less than thirty-one out of thirty-six lesions after the different
metals were changed."

Abstract / Excerpt:

Among 1,128 patients with oral leukoplakia and 326 patients with oral lichen planus included in long-term follow-up studies, thirty-two patients showed lesions of the oral mucosa which could be attributed to electrogalvanism. The material consisted of twenty female and twelve male patients. The clinical diagnosis was leukoplakia in sixteen patients and oral lichen planus in the remaining sixteen patients. Histopathologic characteristics were analyzed and correlated to the clinical findings. In five cases malignant transformation developed. The term electrogalvanic white lesions is suggested as a common denominator for these mucosal changes, which seem to take the shape of lichen planus as often as that of leukoplakia.

Citation:

Bánóczy J, Roed-Petersen B, Pindborg JJ, Inovay J. Clinical and histologic studies on electrogalvanically induced oral white lesions. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1979; 48(4): 319-23.