Highly prevalent dental infections have been shown to statistically associate with cancer. Periodontal disease in particular links to head and neck cancer but also to malignancies in other organs. Metabolism of oral microorganisms may lead to carcinogenic substance that also affect oral mucosa locally thus posing a risk for oral cancer. However, scientific evidence is still weak in these associations.
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Meurman, J. H. (2015). Association between oral infections and cancer risk. In Oral Infections and General Health: From Molecule to Chairside (pp. 59–64). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25091-5_7
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