April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month, a time when dental professionals join with surgeons and other medical professionals to highlight the dangers oral cancer brings, and to call attention to the progress made in fighting this disease.
Oral cancer refers to cancer of the mouth, while pharyngeal cancer refers to cancer of the pharynx, or back of the throat. Your dental professionals are a first line of defense and diagnosis for oral and pharyngeal cancer. Be sure to discuss this with us at your next reservation. According to the Oral Cancer Foundation, so few cases are diagnosed early enough to allow doctors to treat the disease. This year:
- More than 45,000 Americans will hear the diagnosis from their doctors
- More than 8,000 Americans will die from oral cancer
