Dental cancer, also known as gum cancer. Gum cancer oral and maxillofacial malignant tumor gum ulcer; wound not healed after tooth extraction; lump; loose tooth; pain Oral and maxillofacial malignant tumors are most common among cancer, and squamous cell carcinoma is the most common among cancer tumors.
Symptoms of dental cancer need to be alerted
I. Clinical symptoms of dental cancer
1. It is mostly seen in young and middle-aged people, and it usually occurs in the front teeth area on the lip and cheek side of gums.
Fibromatous gingival tumor is a true tumor, which starts from gingival papillae and grows outward in a lobulated shape, with smooth surface, hard texture, grayish white and not easy to bleed. Most of them are not large, but a few of them can be enlarged to cover the biting surface of teeth, affecting chewing and appearing traumatic ulcers.
3, granuloma type tumor is related to local irritation such as gingival teeth, residual crowns, residual roots, bad dentures, dental calculus, etc. Inflammatory granulomatous tissue proliferation occurs in the gums, with soft texture, red color and easy bleeding.
4, angiomatous gingival tumor and endocrine-related, common in women during pregnancy, called gestational gingival tumor, soft, easy to bleed. It develops quickly during pregnancy and can subside after delivery.
Typical symptoms of dental cancer
1.Gingival tumor is more common in female patients, with more middle-aged and young people. It occurs mostly in the gingival papillae on the lip and cheek side, with the bicuspid area being the most common and the tongue and palate being rare, and usually occurs in a single tooth. The masses are more limited, vary in size, usually round, oval, sometimes pagetoid, some with a tip like a polyp, and some without a tip with a broad base. The vascular type and granuloma type have soft texture and red color; the fibrous type has tougher and harder texture and pink color.
2. The masses generally grow slowly, but can increase rapidly during female pregnancy. The mass can cover part of the tooth surface and alveolar process, and the surface can be seen as dental indentation, which can be easily bitten and ulcerated, bleeding or infected. It is usually painless, but can be painful when ulceration occurs on the surface of the mass. Long-term large mass can compress and destroy the alveolar bone wall. X-ray shows local widening of periodontal membrane, resulting in loosening and displacement of teeth.
Other symptoms of dental cancer
1.The lower gum is more than the upper gum, and the growth is slower, and it is mostly shown as ulcer type.
2.Infiltrating into alveolar process and jaw bone and destroying bone can cause tooth loosening and pain.
3, backward development to the posterior region of the molar and the pharynx, can cause difficulty in opening the mouth.
4.It can metastasize to the lymph nodes of the neck. Gum cancer of the mandible mostly metastasizes to the affected submandibular and subchin lymph nodes, and then to the deep cervical lymph nodes; while gum cancer of the maxilla metastasizes to the affected submandibular and deep cervical lymph nodes.
How to prevent dental cancer?
The principles of balanced diet are diversified diet, appropriate hunger and satiety, appropriate amount of fats and oils, coarse and fine combination, limited amount of salt, less than 6-8 grams/day, less sweets, and three reasonable meals.
Second, the diversity of diet, that is, the choice of food structure similar to the pyramid, eat the most cereals, buns, bread, rice, noodles, etc.; eat more vegetables, fruits; eat the right amount of dairy products, cheese, lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, beans, etc.; eat the smallest amount of oil, sugar, salt, etc.
Third, some foods contain a lot of sugar, fat and salt, should be eaten as little as possible. Including ice cream, chocolate, etc.
Fourth, you can eat more nutritious and less sugary foods, including eggs, milk, yogurt, cheese, rice, buns, bread, popcorn, fresh vegetables and fruits, etc.