Bagán Debón, Leticia MaríaOcete Monchón, María DoloresLeopoldo Rodado, ManuelMurillo Cortés, JudithDíaz Fernández, José MaríaMedina González, RafaelGimeno Cardona, ConcepciónBagán Sebastián, José Vicente2017-11-112017-11-112016Bagan, L., Ocete-Monchon, M. D., Leopoldo-Rodado, M., Murillo-Cortes, J., Díaz-Fernández, J. M., Medina-Gonzalez, R., ... & Bagan, J. V. (2016). Prevalence of salivary epstein-barr virus in potentially malignant oral disorders and oral squamous cell carcinoma. Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal, 21(2), e157-e160.1698-44471698-6946http://hdl.handle.net/11268/6764Background: To analyze the presence of salivary Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA in oral squamous cell carcinoma and potentially malignant oral disorders. Material and Methods: Three groups were studied: Group 1 (12 oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC)), Group 2 (12 potentially malignant oral disorders (PMD)) and Group 3 (47 healthy controls). EBV DNA salivary analysis was performed by PCR. Results: The highest percentage of positive salivary EBV DNA corresponded to the OSCC group (58.3%), followed by the PMD group (41.7%) and the controls (40.4%). The differences between groups were not statistically significant, however (p>0.05). Conclusions: Salivary EBV DNA was more prevalent in OSCC than in PMD or the controls.engjournal article10.4317/medoral.20785open accessOdontologíaOdontología