Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common (>90%) among all head and neck carcinomas.It is the sixth most common malignant disease worldwide. Oral cancer remains primarily a disease of elderly males during the fifth to eighth decades which can be attributed to tobacco and alcohol abuse. According to recent reports 1 to 6% of SCC cases occurs in patients under the age of 40 and is a cause of great concern. Its occurrence in children and adolescents are extremely rare so that when cases present they are often misdiagnosed and inappropriately treated leading to delay in definitive treatment.
Such cases warrant careful clinical examination along with an analysis of etiologic factors.
Oral squamous cell carcinoma;young; non habituate
