Fig 1.
The patient shown exhibited an oral ulcerative lesion on the left buccal mucosa at the retromolar region that the patient had been aware of for 2 weeks, and betel nut staining and tooth attrition were noted in the dentition.
Fig 2.
Oral mucosal screening protocol.
Table 1.
Patient characteristics and histopathological diagnoses.
Table 2.
Clinical diagnoses made by the primary examiner and the specialist using the Taiwanese Nationwide Oral Mucosal Screening Program.
Fig 3.
Receiver operating characteristic curve for comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of the primary examiner and the specialist.
The area under curve (AUC) for the specialist (blue) and primary examiner (green) were 0.870 and 0.598, respectively; log-rank test comparing the specialist and primary examiner was significant (p < 0.001).
Table 3.
Accuracy of diagnoses of oral potentially malignant disorders with dysplasia by the primary examiner and the specialist.
Accuracy of diagnoses of oral potentially malignant disorders with dysplasia by the specialist.