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Filed under: Oral Cancer, Smoking

.As part of the check-up your dentist probably screen you for oral cancer. Right? I know mine does. But apparently, some dentists are performing these checks as thoroughly as they should. It’s not their fault though–their not given proper training, and don’t really know what to look for. But seeing as dentists spend about a gazillion years in school, I’d like to think that cancer screening is on the curriculum. It is, after all, a matter of life and death. They also aren’t too clear on the top risk factors for oral cancer — smoking and alcohol. Come on, even I know those.

What do you think? Do you trust your dentist when it come to oral cancer, or has the article scared you?

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Original post by Martha Edwards

Filed under: Oral Cancer, Smoking

.As part of the check-up your dentist probably screen you for oral cancer. Right? I know mine does. But apparently, some dentists are performing these checks as thoroughly as they should. It’s not their fault though–their not given proper training, and don’t really know what to look for. But seeing as dentists spend about a gazillion years in school, I’d like to think that cancer screening is on the curriculum. It is, after all, a matter of life and death. They also aren’t too clear on the top risk factors for oral cancer — smoking and alcohol. Come on, even I know those.

What do you think? Do you trust your dentist when it come to oral cancer, or has the article scared you?

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Original post by Martha Edwards