5 Reasons that Dentists & Hygienists Think About Oral Cancer

Oral Examinations are Key to Detect Oral Cancer.

Family Dentistry with Drs. Ogle, Schmitz, Hart, Fickas, and our Hygienist want to provide thorough examinations to detect oral cancer.   5 Reasons that Keeping Oral Cancer Priority During our Dental Examination includes:

1. More and more patients in the Baby Boomer generation are developing oral cancer.  The 6 month dental check-up with examination is vital in detection of oral cancer.

2. Dentists and Hygienists are now assisting oral cancer survivors with unique needs that they may have for their oral health needs following oral cancer surgery or cancer treatments.

3.  Oral cancer doesn’t just affect the mouth.  It affects the whole body and the ability to participate in normal activities of daily living.

4.  New tests are being created to help dentists and hygienist to detect the presence of early stage of squamous cell carcinoma.

5.  With increase of infections from the Human Papilloma Virus(HPV), detection of orapharyngeal cancers are occurring in younger and younger patients.  Thorough head and neck examinations are necessary for sexually active patients.

Oral Cancer is on the rise in our society and Family Dentistry with Drs. Ogle, Schmitz, Hart, & Fickas have a commitment to provide oral examinations to detect any type of oral cancer.   Visiting Family Dentistry at least every 6 months is the key to prevention!