Dentist Shortage Linked to Rise in Oral Cancer Deaths, Claims Dental Campaigners
The NHS dentist shortage could be linked to the rise in mouth cancer deaths over the last ten years, claims oral health campaigners. The Guardian … more
The NHS dentist shortage could be linked to the rise in mouth cancer deaths over the last ten years, claims oral health campaigners. The Guardian … more
An essential protein that acts as a gatekeeper for calcium entering cells promotes the growth of oral cancer and generates pain, according to a new … more
The Problem Every week there will likely be a patient in your office with a white, red, or white & red mucosal patch in their … more
An Edmonton dental hygienist displayed the importance of oral cancer screenings when she helped identify oral cancer in a patient during a routine dental cleaning … more
Researchers from Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Dentistry are launching clinical trials to determine whether metformin, a drug often used to treat type 2 diabetes, could … more
Researchers from the University of Surrey have developed a non-invasive diagnostic test for oral cancer called PANDORA. The test was shown to be over 92% … more
Saturday, Feb 18th, 2023, 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM | Active Learning Workshop/Livestream Course Description: This course is designed to inform primary care physicians, dentists, … more
A vast amount of my career has been spent on defining our powerful role as dental hygienists in the earlier discovery of an abnormal lesion … more
Oral and pharyngeal cancer, also known as head and neck cancer, poses a significant (if somewhat underappreciated) global public health issue, with over 50,000 North … more
Two years into the pandemic, regular dental visits are more important than ever. In fact, they could save lives. New studies published in The Journal … more
When you see you it, you don’t forget it. Cancer. It’s as scary to look at as it is to tell a patient that they … more
Ared-stained smile, often observed in Asia-Pacific populations, is the hallmark of betel quid (BQ), a carcinogenic seed chewed by an estimated 600 million people globally … more
Free Product Provided To Help Ease the Side Effects of Cancer Treatment In response to a critical need within the dental community to help support … more
Veterans two times more likely to develop head and neck cancers than non-veterans The University at Buffalo has received a $1.5 million grant from the … more
Clinician-scientists Seiichi Yamano and Brian Schmidt to further novel gene therapy strategy to treat oral cancer pain NYU College of Dentistry clinician-scientists Seiichi Yamano and Brian Schmidt have … more
Introduction Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a potentially debilitating and deadly disease, particularly when diagnosed at an advanced stage.1 Early detection drastically improves prognostic … more
Oral cancer is more likely to spread in patients experiencing high levels of pain, according to a team of researchers at New York University (NYU) … more
Did you know that acronyms are actually very modern inventions? They were found to be in existence around World War 1, but were still not … more
Amid our present-day pandemic, the disease of oral and oropharyngeal cancer once again has a much larger adversary. April has come and gone with very … more
More and more dentists across Australia are seeing cases of oral cancer in patients who have brought the practice of betel quid chewing with them … more