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Is moderate Osfm treatable?
I have been diagnosed with moderate osfm. Is it curable..How much time does it takes to be cured...I'm very much worried..pls suggest
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Yes moderate osfm can definitely be treated. The first step has to be cessation of any bad habit (such as tobacco chewing). Your doctor will probably start with medications such as SM fibro for a month. If these don't make much of a difference, then the next option would be to give intra oral injections at the affected site. If these also don't work then the last option would be a surgery followed by mouth exercises.
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Identify the causative agent (probably a long standing habit) and stop it immediately. visit your nearest oral medicine doctor and follow the instructions regularly
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There are various grades of Oral Sub mucous Fibrosis ( OSMF ) first two stages can be treated conservatively using cessation of habit and intralesional injection
If mouth opening has reduced drastically better for surgical options which include fibrotomy to be done under General Anesthesia
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