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Historical Development of Oral Cytology

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The seminal work by Papanicolaou and Traut in studying the cells from precancerous and cancerous lesions of the cervical mucosa paved the way for oral cytology. Oral cytology has come a long way from its primitive Papanicolaou days. It has made major strides in its eventful sojourn. Over a period of time, as the field of exfoliative cytology started to grow, many investigators experienced the limitations of oral cytology and therefore felt the need for improvements. They introduced numerous modifications which were intended to procure larger amount of cells, to sample a large cellular area and also to improve the quality of cell staining. However, oral cytology could not prove to an effective to tool for detecting early neoplastic lesion of the oral cavity in the way cervical cytology did. With passage of time, newer techniques were introduced to overcome the limitations of oral cytology. The future of these newer techniques appears extremely promising and should, hopefully, change the paradigm of oral cancer diagnostics.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Lowther Road, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, 211002, India

    Vishal Dhingra

  2. Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology (ICPO), I-7, Sector - 39, Noida, 201301, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Ravi Mehrotra

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Dhingra, V., Mehrotra, R. (2013). Historical Development of Oral Cytology. In: Mehrotra, R. (eds) Oral Cytology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5221-8_2

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