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Risk factors and etiopathogenesis of potentially premalignant oral epithelial lesions.

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Potentially malignant oral mucosal disease has some ability to give rise to malignancy of the oral epithelium, that is, oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The present article provides a succinct… Click to show full abstract

Potentially malignant oral mucosal disease has some ability to give rise to malignancy of the oral epithelium, that is, oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The present article provides a succinct review of the possible or probable causes of potentially premalignant oral epithelial lesions. There is a focus upon studies that examined the causes or etiologic associations with clinically likely or histopathologically detectable oral epithelial dysplasia.

Keywords: epithelial lesions; risk factors; factors etiopathogenesis; oral epithelial; premalignant oral; potentially premalignant

Journal Title: Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology
Year Published: 2018

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