Posts Tagged ‘ Cancer ’

April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month, a time to bring attention to the importance of early detection and prevention of oral cancer. It is important to understand the role that oral surgeons play in detecting and preventing this condition.

Sores in the mouth, pain with chewing, bleeding gums, and sore throats can seem commonplace.  Between ulcers, fever blisters, oral infections, general illnesses, and the all-too-common periodontal disease, it can be difficult to determine when a sore or a symptom is more than just your run of the mill oral health issue.  But, with oral […]

A recent study by the American Cancer Society reports that oral cancer cases in men is expected to increase in 2017 by 4%, while the rate of new cases among women stays the same year over year. “Oral Cancer”, which is a common way to refer to all head and neck cancers, involves cancer of […]

Worldwide, over 550,000 new cases of Oral, Head and Neck cancer are diagnosed each year.