A new Swedish study by dentist Kerstin Rosenquist has confirmed that the Papilloma Virus increases the risk of oral cancer.
Now before we all go out and slit our wrists, the risk of getting cancer of the mouth after oral sex is very small, but for those whose mouths are infected by a special form of the virus, known as a high risk Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), there is an increased risk.
The study compared 132 cancer patients in the south of Sweden with a control group of 320 healthy individuals. In the cancer group, 36% carried the high risk HPV, compared to just 1% in the control group.
Other risk factors are poor oral hygiene and missing teeth. 
Of course I'd like to know... how do you get invited to participate in a trial like this? 
Posted: Sunday 13th November 2005, 11:25 AM