Category Archives: Oral

Oral Cancer – Prevention and detection

At present, oral cancer is a common disease. This kind of illness can be cause of death. In this article, I am telling on Oral Cancer Diagnosis. Care provider or an oral examination by a physician and show visible or palpable (felt), tongue, lip or other lesion in the mouth. As the tumor grows, it may be an ulcer and bleed. Voice / speech problems, difficulty chewing or swallowing complexities may occur. A feeding cylinder is usually required for an adequate diet. Difficulties include the......
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April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month

In 2011 more than 30,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral cancer and approximately 8,000 will die of the disease.  According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI)  oral cancer, which is more common than leukemia, Hodgkin’s disease, and cancers of the brain, liver, bone, thyroid gland, stomach, ovaries, and cervix, is a major cause of death and disfigurement in the United States.  While you don’t see too many 10k’s or fun runs, oral cancer is a very serious disease ......
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Oral Cancer Awareness

According to The Oral Cancer Foundation, there are two distinct causes of oral cancer. One, which I have mentioned in an earlier article is through the use of tobacco (and alcohol), a long time historic environmental cause, and the other is through the exposure to the HPV-16 virus (human papilloma virus version 16), which is a newly identified etiology, and apparently the same one which is responsible for the vast majority of cervical cancers in women.  And a small number (under 5 %) of p......
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Dental Health and Oral Cancer Screening

Oral cancers, cancers of the verbal cavity otherwise of the oropharynx. Almost every part of oral cancers starts in squamous cells that wrap the exteriors of the tongue, mouth, and lips along with they are thus deemed “squamous cell carcinomas”.  In this article, I am discussing on Oral Cancer Screening. A remote site or a physical structure of the nasal cavity or adjacent hankies of the original metastases in oral cancer by a primary lesion originating in one of the oral hank......
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Good oral hygiene is necessary for healthy teeth in all ages

Regular dental care must start in early years because bacteria can find its way even before eruption of teeth. With bacteria in your mouth, it can lay out the form for cavities. If you are concerned about your baby’s oral health, you can start by making it a habit to gently wipe his or her tongue and gums with a wet cloth. This can help minimize the possibility of oral infection and also help baby to get familiar to good oral hygiene. If you are living in San Francisco you can alway......
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Maintenance of oral health to improve the quality of life

1. Oral diseases on oral health. (1) toothache caused by oral disease or tooth loss, resulting in masticatory function of the affected food; (2) pain caused by oral disease, resulting in unilateral chewing habit, a long time will cause asymmetric facial growth; (3) loss of deciduous teeth caused early phase gap at the lack of adjacent teeth shift, resulting in occlusion disorders, together form a permanent fault. Deciduous caries if not treated, can cause permanent stunting; (4) result in......
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