Patients selection
OSCC, OPMDs, ulcers
OPMDS, ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA, ULCERS, INFILTRATING
Patients with clinical appearances of OPMDs were recruited at Oral Medicine Section – CIR Dental School University of Turin, Italy. For each patient, data related to the clinical description were collected, followed by the OCT scan before bioptic sampling. Patients with the following clinical aspects are recruited: white lesions, white-red lesions, and ulcers. Patients with vegetating neoformations and/or with infiltrating characteristics, clinical appearance of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC), non-cooperative patients, and patients whose sample was not suitable for OCT analysis (presence of artifacts) were excluded from the present work. All the lesions analysed, in addition to the clinical examination, were submitted for confirmation to investigative biopsy with histopathological diagnosis performed by Pathological Unit of Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino. The present trial was conducted in line with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 [