1. ORAL CANCER – BY KEITH YANG.
 What is Oral cancer? Let’s break
it down.
 Oral – Of or pertaining to the
mouth.
 Cancer – class of diseases
characterized by out-of-control
cell growth; damages tissues.
 Oral + Cancer = Cancer in the
mouth, which affects: on the
tongue’s surface, in the
lips, inside the cheek, in the
gum, in the roof and floor of the
mouth , in the tonsils, and also
the salivary glands. 

2. DENTISTS PLAY KEY ROLE IN
DETECTING ORAL CANCER.
 The dentist would
feel for lumps or
irregular tissue
changes in your
neck, head, cheeks,
and oral cavity and
thoroughly examine
the soft tissue in your
mouth, specifically
looking for any sores
or discolored tissues.

3. HOW TO PREVENT ORAL CANCER.
 Bad diet –
anything that
is not “good”
for
someone.
Accounts
10-15%.
 Tobacco and
alcohol –
accounts
75%.

4. SYMPTOMS OF ORAL CANCER.
 An earache – pain in the
ear.
 A lump in your neck.
 Difficulty wearing dentures.
 Loose teeth.
 Bleeding in your mouth.
 A sore on your lip or in your
mouth that won’t heal.
 Patches inside your mouth
or on your lips that are
white, a mixture of red and
white, or red.

5. STATISTICS OF ORAL CANCER.
 About 40,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral or
pharyngeal cancer this year.
 It will cause 8,000 deaths.
 Kills 1 person per 24 hours per day.
 Of those 40,000 diagnosed individuals, only slightly more
than half will be alive in 5 years (approximately 57%).

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