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Mouth cancer, perhaps more so than many other forms of cancer, is highly dependent on early detection. Many cases are discovered at stage 4, where it is just too late. However, if it is caught early, the chances of surviving mouth cancer are nine out of ten \u2013 those odds are pretty good, and that\u2019s why early detection is so important.<\/p>\n
Mouth Cancer Action Month\u00a0will again promote the message \u2018If in doubt, get checked out\u2019 and encourage everybody to pay more attention to what\u2019s going on inside their mouth.<\/p>\n
As mouth cancer can strike in a number of places, including the lips, tongue, gums and cheek, and given that early detection is so crucial for survival, it\u2019s extremely important that we all know what to look out for. Three signs and symptoms NOT<\/strong> to ignore are:<\/p>\n If any of these are noticed, it is essential that you tell your dentist or doctor immediately.<\/p>\n As part of every check-up your dentist is required to carry out a visual examination and check for the early signs of mouth cancer.\u00a0 Please do talk about the examination with your dentist \u2013 they will be more than happy to talk through exactly what they are doing, where they are looking, and what they are searching for.<\/p>\n Here are the six basic areas your dentist will investigate during a normal check-up:<\/p>\n Your dentist will look at your face and neck.\u00a0 They will judge whether both sides look the same and search for any lumps, bumps or swellings that are only on one side of the face.\u00a0 Your dentist will also feel and press along the sides and front of your neck \u2013 they are looking for any tenderness or lumps to the touch.<\/p>\n Your dentist will pull down your lower lip and look inside for any sores or change in colour.\u00a0 Next, they will use their thumb and forefinger to feel the lip for lumps, bumps or changes in texture.\u00a0 This will then be repeated on the upper lip.<\/p>\n The dentists will use their finger to pull out your cheek so that they can see inside.\u00a0 They will look for red, white or dark patches.\u00a0 They will then place their index finger inside your cheek, with their thumb on the outside.\u00a0 They will then gently squeeze and roll the cheek to check for any lumps, tenderness or ulcers, repeating this action on the other cheek.<\/p>\n With your head tilted back and mouth open wide, your dentist will look to see if there are any lumps or if there is any change in colour.\u00a0 They will run their \ufb01nger on the roof of your mouth to feel for any lumps.<\/p>\n Your dentist will examine your tongue, looking at the surface for any changes in colour or texture.\u00a0 They might ask you to stick out your tongue or move it from one side to another, again looking for any swelling, change in colour or ulcers.\u00a0 They will also take a look at the underside of the tongue by placing the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth.<\/p>\n The dentist will look at the floor of the mouth for changes in colour that are different than normal.\u00a0 They will gently press their finger along the floor of their mouth and underside of your tongue to feel for any lumps, swellings or ulcers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n We at Woodcock Lane Dental Care are pleased to be supporting Mouth Cancer Action Month.\u00a0 It is held in November every year and is supported by the Mouth Cancer Foundation and the British Dental Health Foundation to raise awareness of this disease and save thousands of lives through early detection and prevention. Signs and Symptoms […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcocklanedentalcare.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcocklanedentalcare.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcocklanedentalcare.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcocklanedentalcare.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcocklanedentalcare.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcocklanedentalcare.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcocklanedentalcare.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions\/431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcocklanedentalcare.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcocklanedentalcare.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcocklanedentalcare.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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The mouth cancer examination<\/h3>\n
Head and neck<\/h3>\n
Lips<\/h3>\n
Cheek<\/h3>\n
Roof of the mouth<\/h3>\n
Tongue<\/h3>\n
Floor of the mouth<\/h3>\n
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