• Murittige Gopalakrishna Madhura, Roopa S Rao, Shankargouda Patil, Yaser Ali Alhazmi, Mohammed Jafer, Syed Rashid Habib, and Kamran Habib Awan.
• Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, DAPM R V Dental College and Hospital, Bengaluru 560078, Karnataka, India.
• Dis Mon. 2020 Dec 1; 66 (12): 101033.

AbstractOral cancer represents a blend of genetic and epigenetic instability. Many a times, oral cancer occurs in the background of oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs), which could be easily detected and diagnosed. Various diagnostic aids have been explored for early detection of oral cancer. Some of the minimally invasive (chair-side diagnostic) procedures such as vital staining and light-based systems are used widely in the clinical practice as well as in the hospital setting owing to their simple and easy operability. In addition, these chair-side diagnostic procedures offer relatively good sensitivity and specificity despite some of their limitations. These diagnostic tools could complement good clinical history and thorough examination of patients for early detection of oral precancer and cancer.Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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