I am suffering from oral sub mucous fibrosis, my question is I have a white patch in my mouth but I do not have any other symptoms related to oral cancer so is there chance of cancer that patch is painless and does not have any type of irritation please help.

Thanks for posting your query on Lybrate. I will try my best to help you out. Well OSMF is generally related to tobacco comsupmtion over a longer period. India has maximum cases of oral cancer world wide due to maximum tobacco chewing habits. So first of all get rid of tobacco as early as possible. There are different stages of OSMF. And it's also associated with oral cancer but there are other factors also. OSMF is considered as precancerous condition but it's not necessary that it will convert into potential cancerous disease, however as a precaution please get that white patch checked by a dentist and after clinical evaluation doctor might advice you to go for biopsy of that white patch. First line of treatment in this case is breaking that habbit? of chewing tobacco, and your condition will improve. I hope my answer would suffice your query and will help to mantain your health. Thanks and regards.  

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