title: Evidence base, epidemiology, correlations, and cause and effect: dental caries and head and neck cancer.
authors.affiliation: Consulting staff, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA. Electronic address: jepstein@coh.org.
authors.forename: Joel B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Epstein
authors.affiliation: Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Active Consultant, Milton J. Dance Head and Neck Center, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sciubba
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Elliot
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abt
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design; D012307:Risk Factors