The Importance Of Oral Cancer Screening

By Janine Hughes


Screening is a process used to look for cancer before a person has any symptoms of having one. This helps anyone to find any symptom at early stage. Once abnormal tissues are found earlier it would be easier to treat someone. By the time symptoms appear, it also means that cancer may have started to spread. Experts are also trying to better understand who are more likely to get these types of diseases.

For some types of cancer, the chance of fast recovery is better if the disease has been detected at early stage and treated immediately. Some cancers never cause symptoms and become life threatening, but if found through an oral cancer screening Oregon tests, this type of disease will also be treated before it get worse.

During your checkups, your dentist will conduct oral tests by using necessary tools to look for any discoloration or mouth sores. With the use of their advanced tools, they can detect some tissues around the mouth for any lumps or abnormalities. If they also detect forms of abnormalities, they will send sample for further testing.

Anything that increases any chance of getting this disease is called a risk factor. Having risk factors does not mean that you have the chance of getting cancer, not having risk factors does not mean that you will not get cancer. The risk factors for oral cancers may include, people who are using tobacco products, heavy alcohol use, chewing betel nuts, being infected with a certain type of human papillomavirus, being exposed to sunlight and being male.

Although most people who have these kind of disease are having the risk factors, but those who have no risk factors above should still consult their doctor for further testing. This is because, new cases of this disease is increasing. Therefore, it is better for anyone to still undergo screening tests to maintain your health.

It has been studied that oral cancers are developing on areas in the oral cavity or in the lips. It may develop in the lining of the cheeks, behind the wisdom teeth, the bottom of the tongue, in front of the mouth roof, in the gums and in front of two thirds of the tongue.

When dentist perform the testing process, they look out for the following symptoms. First is the red or white patches in your mouth. Second, spots that bleed continuously or do not heal over time. Third, a lump or a hard spot in your mouth and fourth is the pain or numbness when you bite down your teeth.

In order to prevent this disease, it is better to consult your doctor and undergo regular screenings. Your dentist checks your overall health during the exam to ensure that you have no any signs of cancers. They will then provide sample of your tissues to the lab for testing. Usually, it occurs in all adults, specifically in older adults. It also occurs often in men and in blacks.

The numbers of new cases and deaths decreasing drastically over the past few years. However, new numbers of cases caused by certain types of HPV has also increased. This is because, it can be passed easily from person to person during sexual activities.




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