Clinicopathologic features and treatment outcomes of marginal gingival (ring around the collar) leukoplakia: a systematic review of emerging evidence.
Marginal gingival leukoplakia showed high recurrence (45.4%) and malignant transformation rates (24.2%) across 66 patients in 17 studies, with most lesions treated by scalpel excision and often displaying hyperkeratosis on histology.
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