Internal medicine

Pathology

Pathogenesis

Bioinformatics

Biology

Cancer

Carcinogen

Etiology

Dentistry

Oral mucosa

Buccal mucosa

Oral cavity

Cancer research

Genetics

Medicine

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Graphical Abstract (A) A representative diagram of changes occurring in buccal mucosa due to exposure to various carcinogenic factors. The red arrow shows the direction of changes associated with the progression of oral cancer. (B) The circular map shows the chromosomes involve in genetic alternation.

Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders: Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Transformation Into Oral Cancer