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April Is Oral Cancer Awareness Month

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Posted: April 3, 2023
Edited by Dentaltown staff

 NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—This April, as the nation observes the 24th Annual Oral Cancer Awareness Month, the Academy of General Dentistry Foundation, the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American Academy of Oral Medicine, the American Academy of Periodontology, the American College of Prosthodontics, the American Dental Hygiene Association, the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association and the California Dental Hygienists’ Association are again joining the non-profit Oral Cancer Foundation in its campaign to raise awareness of the opportunity of oral cancer screenings, and the importance of early detection.

This year an estimated 54,600 new cases of oral cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. Of those individuals, 43 percent will not survive longer than five years, and many who survive to suffer from long-term problems, such as severe facial disfigurement or difficulties with eating and speaking. The death rate associated with oral and oropharyngeal cancers remains exceptionally high because they are routinely discovered late in development.

Regular oral cancer examinations performed by your oral health professional remain the best method for detecting oral cancer in its early stages.

Be Mindful of Symptoms: Public Urged to “Check Your Mouth”
For the fifth straight year, the efforts of the Foundation and the dental associations cited above will be bolstered by the Oral Cancer Foundation’s Check Your Mouth initiative. Check Your Mouth encourages the public to regularly check for signs and symptoms of oral cancer between dental visits at home and to see a dental professional if they do not improve or disappear after two or three weeks. The online short video course on checkyourmouth.org teaches lay people a simple method to self-screen.

For more information, visit checkyourmouth.org or oralcancerfoundation.org.

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