Oral Cancer Screening Cypress TX
Finding Oral Cancer early is key.
A quick 2 minute exam can save your life.
Oral Cancer Screening
Your First Line of Defense
At Westgreen Dental & Orthodontics, we care about your health and well-being. Thus, we offer you comprehensive oral cancer screening. With our advanced technology and experienced dentists working together, we will detect any problems way in advance.
As you know early detection can save lives. Oral cancer has become a silent killer known to have normal identification marks that we tend to ignore. However, with early detection, it is possible to change things.
Early Signs of Oral Cancer
We will carefully monitor for any symptoms or warning signs of oral cancer, which further include:
- Red or white patches
- Sores that don't heal
- Numbness or pain in mouth or lips
- Trouble chewing, swallowing, or speaking
- Bleeding, which is unusual
With our routine dental checkup, it is ensured that we examine the mouth, lips, and throat. We make use of a 3D scanner in order to create images so that abnormalities are easily recognizable.
While we are encouraging you to have professional screenings regularly, you can also actively participate in ensuring your oral health. Conduct regular self-exams and immediately notify your dentist if there are any changes.
Not a minute to waste. Be in control of your oral health—get an oral cancer screening today.
Oral Cancer Screening: Protecting Your Smile and Your Life
Oral cancer is a highly fatal disease that develops very silently and is painless. The treatment of the disease can be very successful if it is detected at an early stage. Westgreen Dental & Orthodontics cares about your oral health and thus renders an in-depth screening process against oral cancer.
Understand Oral Cancer
Oral cancers are a type of cancers that emanate in the regions of the mouth, lips, and throat. The causes have not yet been clearly mapped out, though risk factors currently believed to cause the disease include tobacco use, both smoking and chewing, excessive alcohol intake, infection by human papillomavirus, and prolonged sun exposure on the lips.
The Importance of Early Detection
Early detection of oral cancer increases treatment success rates and chances of survival. Sadly, many cases are quite advanced in nature at the time of diagnosis, leaving very few options for treatment. Regular oral cancer screenings are necessary to allow one the opportunity for the identification of problems before they reach a potentially life-threatening stage.
Our Screening Process
One of our skilled dentists will conduct an oral cancer screening as part of your regular dental examination. The doctor will look for any signs of cancer in your lips, mouth, tongue, and throat, beginning with a visual examination, looking for anything out of the ordinary, then feeling for abnormalities.
Our screening process searches for:
- Mucosal lesions: Abnormal growths or sores on the lining of the mouth.
- lesions. Leukoplakia: White patches, which may or may not be precancerous.
- Erythroplakia: Red patches, which often are indicative of cancerous or precancerous conditions.
- Oral thrush: A fungal infection that can sometimes be mistaken for oral cancer.
Risk Factors and Prevention
While we cannot remove all risk factors for oral cancer, there are certain changes in our lifestyle that can bring down our chances of developing this disease. These include :
- Stop smoking and tobacco use
- Reduce alcohol consumption
- Practice safe sexual behaviors to avoid HPV infection
- Protect your lips with lip balm containing SPF from excessive sun exposure
Self-Examination
Moreover, early detection is only possible through regular self-exams to go with professional screenings. Familiarize yourself with the appearance of your mouth and be on the lookout for sores, lumps, or any unusual spots. If you find something abnormal, do not hesitate to arrange an appointment with your dentist.
We are a team of Saviors
At Westgreen Dental & Orthodontics, we believe in offering our patients complete oral health care that includes being watchful for oral cancer. This would mean detecting any potential issues at an early stage of development and planning for a course of treatment in conjunction with each individual patient.
Early detection and prevention are two major things that help keep you at optimal oral health and peace of mind against oral cancer.
