Journal:
:journal of dental research, dental clinics, dental prospects
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hamed mortazavi assistant professor, department of oral & maxillofacial medicine, dental school, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
maryam baharvand shahid beheshti dental school
masoumeh mehdipour assistant professor, department of oral & maxillofacial medicine, dental school, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
cancer of the oral cavity accounts for approximately 3% of all malignancies diagnosed annually in 270,000 patients worldwide. oral cancer is the 12th most common cancer in women and the 6th in men. many oral squamous cell carcinomas develop from potentially malignant disorders (pmds). lack of awareness about the signs and symptoms of oral pmds in the general population and even healthcare provi...
