There is a saying that people should fill their mouths with life, not deathswish Indians realized this. In India, the age standardized incidence rate of oral cancer has been noted by World Health Organization (WHO) as 12.6 per 100,000 populations. The unhealthy habit of consuming hazardous carcinogenic agents like tobacco, cigarette, Pan Masaala, betel quid (paan) and betel nut (chaalia) plays a vital role in increasing the risk of Oral Cancer.
The prevalence of oral cancer is particularly high among men, the eighth most common cancer worldwide and in south-central Asia, cancer of the oral cavity ranks among the three most common types of cancer.