Prof. Dr. Ömer Günhan

Oral potentially malignant lesions

Oral cancer is an important health problem and shows an increasing frequency. Most oral cancers develop after an early stage or there is a precursor or potentially malignant stage. The most appropriate way to achieve good treatment results in oral cancers is to detect the lesions at an early stage, if possible, at the precancerous stage. Preventing cancers at an early stage in an easily accessible and inspectable area such as the mouth is an important task for dentistry. In this talk, the roles of leukoplakia, erythroplasia, oral submucous fibrosis, autoimmune, and other chronic inflammatory diseases, which are among the precancerous lesions of the mouth, in the formation of cancer will be discussed. In these lesions, which are defined as potentially malignant, the factors that are effective in determining the risk, the dysplasia grading, the risk of developing cancer of the lesion and the patient will be explained. Particular attention will be paid to human papillomavirus (HPV) related mouth lesions, which have started to increase. In addition, diseases that are common