Mouth Cancer in India and "Tobacco kills"

Gingival or Alveolar carcinoma is common in mandible that maxilla. The lesion is warty nodular and proliferative, although it may rarely present as erosive lesion. Unfortunately it mimics apical or periodontal disease and their diagnosis is often delayed. Often the neoplastic nature is recognized when socket fails to heal following dental extraction for a supposedly periodontal abscess.