{"id":150,"date":"2019-04-15T23:02:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T23:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kernersvilledentist.com\/blog\/?p=150"},"modified":"2019-05-12T23:06:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T23:06:35","slug":"dentist-kernersville-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kernersvilledentist.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/04\/15\/dentist-kernersville-9\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Oral Cancer Awareness Month and Your Dentist Is Talking about It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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You may associate April with baseball games and that exciting turn of the seasons from winter to spring, but your dentist in Kernersville knows there is also something else to pay attention to this time of year. April has been designated as Oral Cancer Awareness Month — and that means it\u2019s time to start the conversation about this deadly disease. Keep reading to learn more about it, including how an oral cancer screening<\/a> could save the life of you or a loved one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Facts about Oral Cancer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Oral cancer isn\u2019t talked about nearly as much as other forms of the disease, but the rates are deadlier than those you hear about more often. It is estimated that 1 person in the United States is killed by oral cancer every hour of every day of the year. What\u2019s more, some 40 million people will be diagnosed in our country alone this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some additional things you should know about oral cancer include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n