Association between oral hygiene and head and neck cancer in Brazil.
Nayara Fernanda PereiraRossana Verónica Mendoza LópezTatiana Natasha ToporcovCláudia Kliemann SchmerlingRafael De CiccoEdgard Michel CrosatoMaria Gabriela Haye BiazevicPublished in: Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology (2020)
These data showed that, in the population studied, indicators of good hygiene such as brushing teeth and flossing were protective factors for mouth and head and neck cancer, while bleeding and many missing teeth were risk factors.