Alcoholism - Hand In Hand With Premalignancy And Malignancy.

ABSTRACT

Oral health - The health standard of the oral and related tissues that enable an individual to eat, speak or socialize without active disease, discomfort or embarrassment and that contributes to general well-being. Incidence and mortality rates of cancer of oral cavity in particular are rising in most areas of the world. Oral health is affected by wrong social habits or regular drinking practice of alcohol, leading to precancer and cancer. The type, quantity of alcohol and alcohol with smoking habits seems to have different roles in influencing the oral mucosa in transforming it to precancerous lesions. The aim of this article is to bring to limelight the pathogenesis, associated factors and inhibiting factors for developing precancerous and cancer lesions.