Oral Cancer and Infection

Question 1

Oral cancer prevention?

Answer 1

• no tobacco use
• oral hygiene
• minimize sun and tanning bed exposure
• decrease ETOH intake

Question 2

How can oral cancer be caught early?

Answer 2

Dentist 2x/year

Question 3

Symptoms of oral cancer?

bleeding

Answer 3

from mouth

Question 4

Symptoms of oral cancer?

eating

Answer 4

• poor appetite
• difficulty chewing
• difficulty swallowing
• poor nutritional status, weight loss

Question 5

Symptoms of oral cancer?

saliva

Answer 5

-thick or absent

Question 6

Symptoms of oral cancer?

lesion?

Answer 6

PAINLESS oral lesion, red, raised eroded

thickening or lump in cheek

Question 7

What is the earliest sign of oral carcinoma?

Answer 7

Mucosal erythroplasia

Question 8

What signs are suspicious for cancer?

Answer 8

-lesion that does not heal in 2 weeks

Question 9

What are the specific types of oral cancer?

Answer 9

• Squamous cell
• Basal cell cancer
• Karposi’s Sarcoma

Question 10

Which oral cancer:

common on LIPS

Answer 10

Basal cell cancer

Question 11

Which oral cancer:

Common in HARD PALATE

Answer 11

Karposi’s Sarcoma

Question 12

Which oral cancer:

Mucosal erythroplasia in TONSILLAR area/BASE of tongue

Answer 12

Squamous cell

Question 13

Which oral cancer:

Malignant lesion in blood vessels

Answer 13

Karposi’s Sarcoma

Question 14

What topical med can be used to treated oral infection?

Answer 14

Docosanol (Abreva)

Question 15

What IV med can be used for an oral infection?

Answer 15

Acyclovir

**DO NOT GIVE if decreased kidney function

Question 16

What antimicrobials can be given for oral infection?

Answer 16

Tetracycline syrup, minocycline, chlorhexidine

Question 17

What Antifungals can be given for oral infection?

Answer 17

Nystatin oral suspension

Question 18

What Analgesics can be given for oral pain?

Answer 18

Benzocaine, camphor phenol

Question 19

What are the Immune Modulating meds can be used?

Answer 19

Oral levamisole, topical amlexanox