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Is this luekoplakia or Oral cancer?
Dear Docs,
One of my relative chews tobacco a lot and he has withdrawn the habit but since we have knowledge of its health, we checked his mouth and this is the patch we found.
Is this luekoplakia or oral cancer is started. What our next steps should be?
Is this worrisome.
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Better to visit a dental surgeon for further review, since there's a causative factor- tobacco chewing.
Next Steps
visit a dental surgeon
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Try to stop tobacco chewing
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Lesions of the mouth can be due to various factors, since your relatives chews on tobacco, we can use that as the causative agent.
Treatment can only be done in person at a clinic nearby.
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Visit your dental surgeon soon,through examination is needed.
Continue with treatment plan don’t escape treatment.
Otherwise it will soon become cancerous.
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Hi, so leukoplakia is a pre cancerous lesion. Not cancerous but if habits continue, it will lead to cancer
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Quit all ill habits of mouth
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Dr. Pia Patel
Dentist
14 yrs exp
Chennai
Hi,
Please visit a dentist and get a clinical examination of the patch. Habit must be stopped completely.
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Dr. Shalini Nanda
Hair Transplant Surgeon
9 yrs exp
Bangalore
Its luekoplakia but have to visit dentist every month for check up and quit the habit
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