For oral cancer, ceasing alcohol consumption for five to 9 years was linked to a 34% relative risk reduction, and doing so for 10-19 years was linked to a 55% relative risk reduction.

Scientists at the ADA Forsyth Institute have updated the Human Oral Microbiome Database (HOMD), a resource for the global scientific community to study microorganisms common to the oral cavity. The ...

Gomez-Castillo L, Cushing-Haugen KL, Useche M, et al. High sugar-sweetened beverage intake and oral cavity cancer in smoking and nonsmoking women. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.Published online ...

In their models, those nurses who reported drinking one or more sugar-sweetened beverage daily (or five people per 100,000 population) had a 4.87 times higher risk of oral cavity cancer compared ...

Oral cancer occurs more often in people aged 55 years and older. As age increases, the survival rates for oral cavity and pharynx cancers decline.

The oral cavity is the door to the gastrointestinal tract and the rest of the body. Like the gut, the mouth is home to several diverse colonies of bacteria, fungi, viruses and protozoa .