Role of Antioxidants in Oral Cancer and Oral Lesions–Literature Review

Abstract

The successful control of oral cancer will depend on its prevention. Main Prevention measures are discontinuing tobacco use and the use of various nutritional agents containing antioxidants. The antioxidants can be endogenous or obtained exogenously as a part of a diet or as dietary supplements. Antioxidants are molecules that inhibit oxidation of other molecules, thereby preventing the formation of free radicals.¹