PREVALENCE RATE OF THE DISEASE OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF THE RED PORTION AMONG ADULT POPULATION IN NIZHEGORODSKY REGION
Quite a high prevalence rate of the disease of the mucous membrane of the red portion is indicated in the country, and also there is not any reliable information about this pathology among adult population in Nizhegorodsky region. The research objective is to access the prevalence rate of pathological condition of the mucous membrane of the red portion among adult population in Nizhegorodsky region according to the appealability data. There are presented the results of the epidemiological survey of the patients with the disease of the mucous membrane of the red portion, based on the principles of evidentiary medicine and completeness of diagnosis. It is described how the morbidity patterns of the mucous membrane of the red portion depend on the age and gender. Seven hundred people took part in this research; all of them visited the dental room in the period from 2011 to 2013. The research results have shown that changes of the red portion are identified in 266 patients (38 % of the cases), and only in 4,29 % of the cases the patients consulted the doctor complaining about this pathology. Cheilitis exfoliativa occurred more often (31,58 % of the cases), then – meteorological cheilitis (23,68 %), cheilitis glandularis (21,05 %), lymphomatosis macrocheilitis (12,41 %), chronic recurrent labial fissure (6,02 %), angular cheilitis (5,26 %).