Oral cancer oral sores that do not heal persistent oral pain or discomfort white, red, or speckled patches in the mouth difficulty eating and speaking swelling of the jaw or face a lump in the neck or throat difficulty moving the jaw or tongue numbness of the tongue or lips loose teeth vocal changes Oral cancer has tobacco use of any type heavy alcohol use infection with sexually transmitted HPV, specifically HPV 16 sun exposure, which can cause lip cancer The risk of developing oral cancer also increases with age, and most frequently occurs in people over 40 years old
Especially if you are female
I do a fair number of consultations each month with patients who are worried that these might be cancer
However, use of leaf-type smokeless tobacco for greater than 50 years is associated with the development of a specific oral cancer known as verrucous carcinoma
If the patient is fortunate and the cancer is successfully removed with surgery, the collateral damage to the face, neck, or jaw is not pretty