Are oral and dental diseases linked to cancer?

Oral Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 779-784

  Meurman, Jh ^a   Bascones Martinez, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Malignant disease; Microbiota; Oral cancer; Oral hygiene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDA; CARCINOGENESIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH INFECTION; MOUTH INFLAMMATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TOOTH DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

CARCINOGENS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MOUTH DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 80054061590     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2011.01837.x     Document Type: Review

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