Advanced Research on Oral Cancer and Dental Implants

Dear Colleagues,

Oral cancer is the eighth most frequent cancer worldwide, with a 5% survival rate of 50%, and oral cancer is sometimes in advanced stages at the time of diagnosis. Oral squamous cell carcinoma accounts for 90% of oral cavity cancers. It is an invasive cancer, and it can spread to other parts of body. The gold standard methods for diagnosing oral cancer are also invasive, costly, time consuming, and technique-sensitive.

Dental implants are known to be the optimal treatment option for partially or fully edentulous patients. There are several risk factors associated with dental implant failure that may lead to early implant loss and that may decrease the quality of life of the patient. Therefore, it is important to understand the optimization of the procedures and how to improve the survival of dental implants and their placement. New knowledge on how to support oral cancer patients and the role of implant dentistry is still needed to develop an evidence-based approach to overcome the challenges of robust knowledge in implant dentistry.

Advances in oral cancer research are required to provide new information about non-invasive screening and diagnostic methods, cellular processes and molecular biology, chemical pathways, and the pathogenesis of cancer for the identification of biological markers and molecular-targeted therapies. Along with the evaluation of the survival of dental implants in patients who are affected by oral cancer, the timing of implant placement and anatomy site as well as the treatment dosage that are relevant to understanding implant effectiveness.

This Special Issue invites research and studies on oral cancer and implant dentistry, especially those paying particular attention to translational research and clinical trials as well as high-quality review papers that will lead to an improved understanding of oral cancer and implant dentistry as well as novel methods and techniques for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and improved prognosis of patients.

Dr. Rabia Sannam Khan
Dr. John D. Thompson
Prof. Dr. Cemal Ucer
Prof. Dr. Simon Wright
Guest Editors

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• head and neck cancer
• oral squamous cell carcinoma
• dental implants
• oral surgery
• tissue regeneration
• peri-implantitis
• oral rehabilitation
• translational oral cancer research
• biomarkers
• molecular analysis and chemical pathways
• non-invasive diagnostic methods
• minimally invasive techniques
• CAD/CAM prosthetics