THE EFFECT OF ANTIOXIDANTS ON THE EVOLUTION OF PRECANCEROUS ORAL LESIONS

[...]the whole context of the disease, its metabolic implications as well as all scientific data related to that disease should be taken into account. 2.MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective and retrospective, randomized, double-blind study was conducted at "Pelican" Clinical Hospital in Oradea between October 2016 and October 2018. 3.RESULTS Analysis of the percentages of different evolutionary stages of precancerous oral lesions shows a benign evolution in patients from the experimental group. [...]the appearance of two cases of complete remission (Fig. 1) and of three cases of partial remission (Fig. 1) in the study group, compared to two cases of partial remission and no cases of complete remission in the control group, confirms the favourable effects on oral precancerous lesions of food supplements with beta-carotene and vitamin C (Fig. 1). Based on these results, it can be concluded that the antioxidant therapy has an ameliorative effect on the evolution of precancerous oral lesions in patients receiving vitamin supplements. [...]early diagnosis is of great importance, as it may save the life of patients with precancerous oral lesions. Analysis of the clinical evolution of precancerous lesions in the oral cavity following antioxidant therapy showed a more benign evolution in patients of the experimental group. [...]the two cases of complete remission and the three cases of partial remission in the study group, compared to the two cases of partial remission and no cases of complete remission in the control group, confirm the favourable effects of food supplements with beta-carotene and vitamin C on precancerous oral lesions.