Orientação sobre prevenção de câncer bucal e autoexame

Abstract

Mouth cancer is still considered a problem of public health in Brazil for this the Health Departament recommends the accomplishment of the auto-examination as prevention method for this illness. The precocious diagnosis increases the possibilities of cure and, consequently, the patient survival. This work considered to raise referring questions to the cancer an its risk factors, the importance of the autoexamination of the mouth as well as guidelines of prevention of this illness that must be party of the routine of surgeons dentists and patients, aiming to promote the implementation of preventive policies between oral health professionals and patients of a city of Minas Gerais.