{"id":86,"date":"2010-10-06T23:07:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T23:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lakeoconeedentalblog.com\/?p=86"},"modified":"2017-01-09T20:52:56","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T20:52:56","slug":"early-oral-cancer-detection-saves-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/early-oral-cancer-detection-saves-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Oral Cancer Detection Saves Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

HERE AT LAKE OCONEE DENTISTRY<\/span><\/a>, IT\u2019S ALWAYS SURPRISING TO US HOW LITTLE \u201cPRESS COVERAGE\u201d ORAL CANCER SEEMS TO GET <\/span><\/strong>compared to all of the other types of cancer. The statistics, however, are significant… In the U.S. alone, over 35,000 people will be diagnosed with oral cancer this year.<\/strong> And while early detection boosts survival rates way up to 80 or 90%, often the diagnoses doesn\u2019t happen until the cancer has progressed much farther than it needs to.<\/p>\n

Now, you may be asking yourself, \u201cWhy does something as serious as oral cancer go undetected so often?\u201d <\/strong>One of the reasons is that most of the time the symptoms are not painful\u2014and people just don\u2019t know to check<\/em>! After all, if it doesn\u2019t hurt, there\u2019s no problem, right? Unfortunately, we\u2019re sorry to report that some dentists don\u2019t really check for it either. Detecting oral cancer in its later<\/strong><\/em> stages significantly<\/strong> lowers the survival rate.<\/p>\n

The Oral Cancer Foundation<\/a> reports thatif you\u2019re experiencing some of all of the following symptoms<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em> you should have Drs. Patti Bradley, David Bradley, or Phil Boswell<\/a><\/span><\/strong> take a look:<\/p>\n