Oral submucous fibrosis: Review of literature

Abstract

Oral sub-mucous fibrosis is a chronic,slowly progressive debilating disease which leads to fibrosis of the oral cavity and pharynx which in turn causes trismus.The disease is distributed mainly in the Indian subcontinent where the habit of pan chewing is dominant along with use of spices in Indian food. Numerous treatment modalities are present with variable treatment outcome. At present day though numerous advanced medicines are being used for the management of oral sub-mucous fibrosis, surgical intervention is the only choice at later stages of the disease. Here a review of the disease is elaborated in this article.