CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Diseases of the oral soft tissues has been a serious concern by experts, especially with the increase in cases of deaths caused by cancer in the oral cavity particularly in countries that are developing.
Oral cancer is approximately 5% of all malignancies occurring in men and 2% in women (Lynch, 1994). It has been reported that oral cancer is a major cancer in India, especially in Kerala where the incident was reported at an average height, about 20% of all cancers (Balaram and Meenattoor, 1996).
Although there is progress in the diagnosis and therapy, and death caused by an abnormality of oral cancer is still high and has long been a problem in the world. Some of the reasons put forward for this is mainly due to the lack of early detection and identification of high-risk groups, and the failure to control the primary lesion and cervical lymph node metastases (Lynch, 1994; Balaram and Meenattoor, 1996).
To overcome the problems caused by oral cancer, the WHO has made instructions for oral cancer control, especially for countries that are developing. Control is based on primary prevention where the main principle to reduce and prevent exposure to substances that are carcinogens. The second approach is through the implementation of secondary prevention, in the form of early detection of cancerous lesions and precancerous oral cavity (Subita, 1997). Folson et al, 1972, estimates that 80% of all cases of oral cancer deaths can be prevented with early detection of malignancy in the mouth (Folson et al, 1972).
In general, for the early detection of oral malignancy in the process can be done through anamnesis, clinical examination and confirmed by additional laboratory examinations. In this paper will put forward measures that can be performed by your dentist to detect early malignant processes in the mouth. It is expected to find a dentist lesions suspected of being malignant process early so the prognosis of oral cancer better.
CHAPTER II
Oral cancer
DEFINITION II.1
A. Restriction
Oral cancer is cancer originating from both epithelial mucosa or salivary glands in the walls of the oral cavity and the mouth organ.
