Dental Practice and Oral Health

Oral Cancer and Other Disease

Oral cancer arises in the oral cavity with primary lesions originating from other tissues in the mouth some of which originate from nasal cavity. Most of the oral cancers are squamous cell carcinomas occurring in upper layers of skin, the epidermis, i.e., in the tissues that line the mouth or lips. Some less likely oral cancers occur such as Kaposi’s sarcoma.