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Table 2.

Detail of OSCC, OPMD, and other diagnosis according to groups of trained dentists

Group	Patients (n)	OSCC	OPMD	Other oral conditions (not referred to under OSCC or OPMD category)
Traslasierra	36	1 tongue SCC 1 lip SCC	1 actinic cheilitis	33 cases: oral histoplasmosis, oral syphilis, pyogenic granuloma, pemphigus vulgaris, cutaneous keratin horn, condyloma acuminate, fibrous hyperplasias
Northern Cordoba	5	None	1 lichenoid	4 cases: fibrous hyperplasias, medication-related osteonecrosis, benign migratory glossitis
Bell Ville	118	2 floor of mouth SCC 1 gum SCC 1 lip SCC 1 buccal mucosa VC 1 buccal mucosa CIS	1 PVL 1 erythroplakia 1 OLP 1 actinic cheilitis	108 cases: melanotic macule, irritative hyperplasia, pyogenic granuloma, lipoma, syphilis, hemorrhagic bullous angina, juvenile spongiotic gingival hyperplasia, condyloma acuminata, squamous papilloma, chronic traumatic ulcer
Villa Maria	12	1 lip SCC	None	11 cases: fibrous hyperplasia, condyloma acuminata, candidasis, medication-related osteonecrosis. osteopetrosis (Albers Schömberg disease)
Las Varillas	54	None	2 lichenoid 1 PVL	51 cases: mucoid-cysts, benign migratory glossitis, pyogenic granuloma, herpes labialis, oral syphilis, aphthous ulcers, chronic traumatic ulcer, gingival fibrous hyperplasias.
Marcos Juárez Corral de Bustos	72	2 tongue SCC 1 gum SCC	1 PVL 1 lichenoid	67 cases: chronic traumatic ulcer, ranula, torus, medication-related osteonecrosis, gingival fibrous hyperplasias, ulcerative necrotic gingivitis, benign migratory glossitis, oral syphilis, crest syndrome, thrombocytopenic purpura, mucoid cyst
Total (%)	297	12 (4%)	11 (3.7%)	274 (92.3%)

OSCC: oral squamous cell carcinoma; OPMD: oral potentially malignant disorders; VC: verrucous carcinoma; CIS: in situ carcinoma; PVL: proliferative verrucous leukoplakia; OLP: oral lichen planus

Declarations

Author contributions

GG: Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Funding acquisition, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. RP: Funding acquisition, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. MFGC and JCRP: Investigation, Writing—original draft. JL: Investigation. EP: Investigation, Validation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

This study was conducted within the framework of a doctoral thesis approved by the Health Ethics Committee of the Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (protocol number T11/16).

Consent to participate

Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.

Consent to publication

Informed consent to publication was obtained from relevant participants.

Availability of data and materials

The datasets analyzed for this study can be found in the Oral Medicine Department archive (Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina).

Funding

The free training courses (regarding Oral Cancer and Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders as well as Telemedicine for the early detection of Oral Cancer) for referring professionals from several geographical areas of the Province of Córdoba, Argentina, were funded by the Colegio Odontológico de Córdoba, Argentina, Continuing professional training program [337/1997]. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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