Dentistry

Oral Oncology

Oral Oncology, known as mouth cancer, is a type of head and neck cancer and is any cancerous tissue growth located in the oral cavity. It raises as a chief lesion emerges in any tissues in the mouth, by metastasis from a faraway site of origin, or by extension from an adjacent anatomic structure, such as the nasal cavity.  Possibly, the oral cancers may arise in any of the tissues of the mouth and can be diverse types:  adenocarcinoma derived from a major or minor salivary gland, or melanoma from the pigment-producing cells of the oral mucosa, teratoma. The risk factors are being researched and identified in epidemiological (epidemiology) studies. The risk factors for developing oral cancers are Chewing betel, paan, and Areca. In India, such practices are common, oral cancer represents up to 40% of all cancers, compared to just 4% in the UK.