Around 300 000 patients are estimated to have oral cancer worldwide annually, and the incidence is higher in South Asian countries. In 2005, at the Congress of WHO, the term oral potentially malignant disorder (OPMD)/lesion was suggested as a replacement for premalignant oral lesions and conditions. OPMDs are those lesions of the oral mucosa that are at an increased risk of malignant transformation compared with the healthy mucosa. OPMDs are a diverse spectrum of oral lesions and conditions ranging from the more well-known (leukoplakia and erythroplakia) to the lesser-known (reverse smoker's...
Around 300 000 patients are estimated to have oral cancer worldwide annually, and the incidence is higher in South Asian countries. In 2005, at the Co...
