Increased consumption of the tobacco, paan and gukta along with low awareness of its ill effects among the general population has significantly contributed to increased incidence of head and neck carcinoma in the Indian subcontinent over the past few decades. In this article we reported diagnosis and management of one such case of squamous cell carcinoma of the buccal mucosa in a 32 year old male patient.
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