Mouth Cancer
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Dentists respond to soaring oral cancer rates
Cancer Research UK has revealed that rates of mouth (oral) cancer have jumped by 68% in the UK over the…
Oral health
Golfers step up to the Moveit4smiles challenge
Moveit4smiles has helped raise £2,000 in aid of Mouth Cancer Action Month as part of its pedometer challenge. The mouth…
Oral health
Charity calls for mouth cancer survivors to be given a voice
The Oral Health Foundation is calling for mouth cancer survivors to be given a voice after many of them are…
Oral health
Blue Wednesday is coming – what will you wear?
Forget Blue Monday – this year, Mouth Cancer Action Month is urging people to mark Blue Wednesday instead, by wearing something…
Oral health
Show your support for Mouth Cancer Action Month
November is Mouth Cancer Action Month, a charity campaign that aims to get more mouth cancers diagnosed at an early stage by…
Oral health
Charities come together to show support for cancer sufferers
The Oral Health Foundation has teamed up with The Swallows Head & Neck Cancer support group to provide support and…
Oral health
Hepatitis C infection increases the risk of developing mouth cancer
People who are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) are at a greater risk of developing mouth cancer, according…
Oral health
New imaging device to aid early oral cancer diagnosis
A new clinical imaging instrument to aid early mouth cancer diagnosis has been developed by a research group at King’s…
Oral health
Dental hygienist moves mountains for mouth cancer awareness
Dental hygienist Gillian Fenwick has climbed Ben Nevis in a bid to raise awareness and valuable donations for mouth cancer.…
Oral health
Cancer now seen as ‘beatable’
One of the most common words linked with cancer is ‘beatable’, according to a new study by the BDHF. The…
Oral health
More than two-thirds of patients with mouth cancer test positive for HPV
More than two-thirds of patients with mouth cancer who had a human papilloma virus (HPV) test gave a positive result,…
Dentistry
Dentists face the risk of being sued if they fail to spot mouth cancers
Sir Paul Beresford, the chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on dentistry, has raised the alarm over the threat of…
Dentistry
Some tips for dental teams planning to participate in November’s mouth cancer campaign
New statistics, published by the British Dental Health Foundation, reveal there were 6,767 new cases of oral cancer in 2011,…
Dentistry