SMILE
for Cancer Check
Guest
blogger : Jonathan A. Bregman, D.D.S., F.A.G.D.
Oral cancer is something
that has stayed “below the radar” of the public; it is not known nor understood
by the majority of non-dental health care providers. There is not the level of awareness or
understanding of the necessity of self-exam as there is for breast cancer, for
example.
For that reason, there is
a very simple way for the public to be able to save their own lives through
awareness of their own oral health, with S.M.I.L.E.-Mirror™ and through the
website www.endoralcancer.com. Along with self-awareness of the need for
self-exam is the clear message about the importance of seeing one’s dentist at
least twice per year for an oral cancer screening as well.
Use of your S.M.I.L.E.-Mirror™
An oral cancer
self-examination looks for abnormalities (white patches, red patches, bumps,
lumps, or ulcers). You, as a patient need to S.M.I.L.E.™ once per month for
yourself and twice per year for your dentist…for early detection of oral
cancer!
If you see something
abnormal, wait 2-3 weeks, look again. If
it is still there, go see your dentist.
And remember, what you don’t know about your mouth
can kill you!
To get additional
smile-mirrors and for a video demonstration of the S.M.I.L.E.-Mirror™ go to www.endoralcancer.com.
Next in this blog series
about oral cancer: Meet Stage IV- Oral
Cancer survivor Eve Grayzel, http://www.sixstepscreening.org/about
