April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month so Visit Local Clarksville Dentist, Tiny Town Dental, for an Oral Cancer Screening
Clarksville, TN (PRWEB) April 24, 2014 -- April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month and Tiny Town Dental in Clarksville wants to make sure all patients know how to prevent this deadly disease. Each year, around 45,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with oral cancer. And out of those 45,000, around 65% will not be alive in five years. When oral cancer is detected and treated early, treatment-related health problems are reduced.
A patient’s first defense against oral cancer is to visit a dental professional such as the Clarksville dentist Tiny Town Dental. Health care professionals are quite often the first ones to detect and see the disease. Smoking and tobacco use are the number one health factors that lead to oral cancer, however in the last few years, there has been a significant rise in oral cancer patients who are young, non smokers and otherwise healthy individuals but do have the HPV virus which can lead to oral cancer. Early detection is key to having a much larger survival rate. These patients have an encouraging prognosis and are likely to live longer while dealing with treatment-related side effects negatively impacting their quality of life.
About 100 people are diagnosed with oral cancer in the United States every day. Few people are aware that the death rate for oral cancer is higher than for many other types of cancers, which is because oral cancer often is not discovered until it has reached later stages. This is particularly true for human papilloma virus number 16 (HPV16)-related oral cancer, which occurs most frequently in the posterior areas of the mouth—at the base of the tongue, around the tonsils, and in the oropharynx—where it’s harder to spot without a very thorough exam. To further complicate things, HPV16-related cancer does not always present the tell-tale physical characteristics, including lesions, that are easily distinguished from healthy oral tissues.
The best way to check for oral cancer is through a screening with your dentist but here are a few ways to check at home:
• An unusual lump or ulcer in or around the oral cavity (can be on the tongue, lips, cheek lining, gums, floor of the mouth, or the roof of the mouth).
• Inflammation in lymph nodes in the neck.
• Pain and/or difficulty swallowing.
• Chronic hoarseness, sore throat, or persistent cough.
• Numbness or tingling
To contact Tiny Town Dental about Oral Cancer screenings, please visit http://tinytowndental.com/contact-us/.
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