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Habits tobacco and relationed diseases of oral cavity in atlantic coast in Colombia

Resumen

The incidence of oral malignant disease ls subject to considerable geographical, ethnic, and socioeconomic variation. In different communities, cancer of the mouth varies from uncommon to the commonest of all malignant tumors. Although the magnitude in terms of numbers varies between jifferent communities, the prognosiss of this disease in its advanced stages is universally very poor, and in terms of mutilation or dysfunction, the morbidity following curative treatment, be it radiotherapy or surgery, can be considerable