Archive for the ‘oral cancer’ Category

oral cancer screening

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

You probably don’t even realise it, but your regular dental examination involves  more than just your teeth
and gums. At the Dental Suite, our dentist at every check up also examine the oral soft tissues (lips, tongue, floor of mouth, cheeks,
roof of mouth and throat) for signs of disease, and also oral ancer. Oral cancer occurs nearly as frequently as cervical cancer, although it causes more deaths. Early detection is essential to increase the chances of a complete cure; if the cancer is caught early enough, it can be treated and cured very simply.
If you smoke or drink alcohol you are at higher risk of developiong oral cancer, with the risks heavily
increasing if you do both. Chewing tobacco is also a major risk factor for developing oral cancer.

In addition to attending your dentist for regular checks, you can greatly reduce your own risk of developing
oral cancer by stopping smoking and reducing your alcohol intake. If you require any advise on smoking cessation or if you have any concerns about your risk of developing oral cancer, please contact us for further help and advice.

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Smoking and oral health

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Dr Kalpesh Bohara, clinical director of the Dental Suite in Loughborough and Leicester, was recently interviewed by AOL living to give his advice and views on smoking and its effects on oral health.

In the article, Kal states that smoking as many negative effects on oral health and smoking can cause:

- staining of the teeth

- halitosis

-gum problems

-oral cancer

Kal recommends a healthy lifestyle, which involves a healthy diet and a regular visits to the dentist and hygienist. He also recommends using an electric toothbrush and floss and mouthwash daily.

Ask you dentist or hygienist for help on stopping smoking or contact the NHS stop smoking line.

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Teeth damaged by fizzy drinks and smoking

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

A recent tv programme on channel 4 highlighted the damage that fizzy drinks and smoking can do to teeth and gums.

FIZZY DRINKS

Not many people are aware that fizzy drinks, even diet ones, can seriously damage their teeth. A 500 ml bottle of coke has 50 spoonfuls of sugar!!! It is not just the sugar that damages the teeth, but also the acid present in the drinks. We are seeing more and more teenarges with worn teeth and this tooth wear is due to the amount of fizzy drinks they have.

SMOKING

It has been shown that smoking worsens gum health. There are so many harmful chemicals in cigarettes that can cause so much damage to our general health. The more specific damage to the teeth and gums are:

- staining

- gum disease

- impaired gum healing

- mouth cancer

For more advise on a healthy diet and on stopping smoking, come and see us and our wonderful hygienist, Rebecca.

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lesions in the mouth

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

it is essential to visit the dentist regularly so that screening of the mouth can be carried out

we recently had a new patient coming from near Leicester in complaining of white patches on the inside of her mouth and was worried it may be oral cancer after reading about this terrible disease in a magazine.

white patches in the mouth can be due to:

- skin disorder

-fungal infection

-trauma, ie biting or aspirin burn

- oral cancer

it is therefore very important to see the dentist regularly so that the cause of the lesion can be diagnosed at the early stages.

In this case the patient was referred to hospital for advice and was diagnosed with  skin disorder called lichen planus. the patient was therefore reassured and will be monitored at our practice every six months.

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