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Gum Disease May Affect Your Overall Health
Gum disease (periodontal disease) is very common. Studies show that close to 80% of U.S. adults have some form of the disease. Gum disease is a silent, persistent bacterial infection around the gums and the bone that support your teeth. When gum disease is present,...
Why Get More Than One Dental Cleaning Per year?
“Why get more than one dental cleaning per year? I have good oral hygiene and brush my teeth after every meal. Shouldn’t I be fine?” There’s more to your routine dental checkup than a routine cleaning. Brushing and flossing your teeth regularly do help to keep your...
TMD and the Medical Food Chain
By: Dr. Louis Giordano and Shannon DeAngelo So you’ve been experiencing head/face/ear pain. Maybe the pain just started, or maybe you’ve had it a while and it’s gotten worse. You’ve been to your medical doctor who referred you to the ENT who, in turn, referred you to...
Oral Cancer Tips
The information shared is from The Oral Cancer Foundation.
More information can be obtained from their website: www.oralcancer.org
Oral Cancer Fact #8
Additional risk factors for oral cancers include high alcohol consumption, the use of smokeless (chewing/spit) tobacco, as well as, prolonged exposure to the sun (for lip cancers).
Oral Cancer Fact #7
Tobacco use, in any form, and even more so combination with heavy alcohol consumption, remains the primary risk factor for oral cancer. However, if currents trends continue, HPV may, in the next decade, become the dominant cause.
Oral Cancer Fact #6
The rates of oral cancer occurance and death amoung African Americans are twice as high as they are amoung Caucasians. This is related to lifestyle choices and socio-economic factors, not biology.
Oral Cancer Fact #5
Twenty years ago, the male to female ratio of oral cancer occurance was ten men to one woman. The ratio now is two men to one woman. Tobacco marketing (“You’ve come a long way baby”) and the virus are the primary reasons behind this shift to a greater number of women...
Oral Cancer Fact #4
Historically, oral cancer has been most likely to occur after the age of 50. However, the fastest growing segment of the oral cancer population are people in the 25-50 year old age range. Evidence from leading cancer centers shows that most of this younger group are...
Oral Cancer fact #3
In the U.S., someone dies of oral cancer every hour of every day. The death rate has remained relatively constant for almost five decades. About 100 new individuals will be diagnosed with oral cancer in the US every day of the year.
Oral Cancer Fact #2
Each year, oral cancer kills more people in the U.S. than other more widely known forms of cancer, including skin cancer (malignant melanoma), lymphatic cancer (lymphoma), thyroid, and cervical cancer.
The Facts about Oral Cancer
Fact 1: Approximately 40,000 people will be diagnosed with oral cancer this year in the US. If you include cancer of the throat, which have the same risk factors, another 12,000 individuals are added to that number. Because a large number of these individuals will be...
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