Jaw cancer

Oral and maxillofacial malignant tumors are the most common cancers, and squamous cell carcinoma is the most common among cancers. In China, oral and maxillofacial squamous cell carcinomas occur mostly between the ages of 40 and 60, with more men than women. Gingival, tongue, cheek, sacral, and maxillary sinus cancers are common, and jaw bone cancers are relatively rare Oral cancer is north of the Yangtze River in China, accounting for 1.45-5.6% of systemic malignancies, and 1.75-5.18% south of the Yangtze River. In India, it accounts for more than 40% of systemic malignancies. Jaw cancer mainly occurs in tooth enamel Remaining cells of the epithelium, these epithelial cells can remain in the periodontal ligament, cyst lining, and malignant changes from ameloblastoma, which can be squamous cell carcinoma or glandular epithelial carcinoma in histological type.

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