Estratégias de prevenção do câncer oral: uma revisão de literatura.

Abstract

This study aims to identify, through review of scientific literature, the main prevention methods of oral cancer, screening the surveys about malignant and potentially malignant oral lesions. To that end, it realized a bibliographic study of the data bases: BVS and Pubmed, using keywords: "Mouth Diseases", "Screening" and "Oral Cancer / Prevention" in the period from 2005 to 2015. According to a review conducted. The Prevention Programmes against oral cancer still have faults on its execution. The Oral Cancer Prevention have been made, basically, through orientation for elimination or reduction of tobacco and alcohol consumption, and exposure of UV rays, in lower lip cancers, in order to early detection and treatment of oral lesions, together with actions of primary prevention-based health education that also stand out as an effective method of cancer prevention. Screenings programs for malignant and potentially malignant oral lesionswere consider as an effective method for early diagnosis of oral cancer, however, screenings programsare unusually reported on literature. Because that, they were researched studies that examined the prevalence of oral lesions as prevention method of oral cancer. The results indicated that the oral cancer and potentially malignant lesions occur more frequently in individuals do male gender, above the sixthdecade of life, tobaccoand alcoholusers, or when these factors are combined. Among potentially malignant lesions, the leukoplakia is more often found in the oral cavity.