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Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
Aphthous ulcer is a very common oral lesion. The frequency of canker sores varies from fewer than 4 episodes per year (85% of all cases) to more than one episode per month (10% of all cases) including people suffering from continuous RAS.[1]
- The prevalence of aphthous ulcer is estimated to range from 1,000 to 60,000 cases per 100,000 individuals annually among adult, and 1,000 to 60,000 cases per 100,000 individuals among children.
- In Sweden, the prevalence of aphthous ulcer is range from 5,000 to 30,000 per 100,000 individuals.[2][1]
- In the United States, the overall prevalence of recurrent aphthous ulcers was 1000 per 100,000 persons
- In the United States, The prevalence of recurrent aphthous ulcer among children was estimated 1500 per 100,000 individuals, and the the prevalence among adults was estimated 850 per 100,000 individuals.[3][4][5][6]
Gender
Gender is associated with an increased risk of developing Aphthous ulcers. Women are more often affected by the disease than men.
Family
About 30–40% of patients with recurrent Aphthous ulcers report a family history of the disease. [7][8][9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 T. Axéll, V. Henricsson (1985). "The occurrence of recurrent aphthous ulcers in an adult Swedish population". Acta Odontol Scand.
- ↑ J.M. Casiglia, G.W. Mirowski, C.L. Nebesio (2006). "Aphthous stomatitis". Emedecine. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Kleinman DV, Swango PA, Pindborg JJ. Epidemiology of oral mucosal lesions in United States Schoolchildren: 1986–87. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1994; 22:243–53.
- ↑ Field EA, Allan RB. Oral ulceration—aetiopathogenesis, clinical diagnosis and management in the gastrointestinal clinic. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2003;18: 949–62.
- ↑ Ferguson MM, Wray D, Carmichael HA, et al. Coeliac disease associated withrecurrent aphthae. Gut 1980;21:223–36.
- ↑ Soames JV, Southam JC. Oral pathology. 3rd edition. Oxford (UK): Oxford University Press; 1998.
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