Oral Cancer Screening
When you get your teeth examined at our Lynnwood Dentistry, we’re also on the lookout for oral cancer. This represents any cancerous developments on your lips, inside your cheeks, on your tongue, on the floor of your mouth or on your hard palate.
In addition to our efforts, there is also a lot you can be doing at home to look out for malignant growths between your regular dental visits.
Possible Symptoms of Oral Cancer
Keep the following symptoms in mind, and call us immediately if you think you are in danger:
- Strange lumps, swelling, crusts, roughness, or eroded areas on your lips or anywhere inside your mouth.
- Lumps in your neck.
- Velvety red or white patches in your mouth, or a speckled white and red patch.
- Unusual bleeding in your mouth.
- A sore throat, or a sensation that you have something caught in the back of your throat.
- Numbness or loss of feeling in your face, neck, mouth, or ear.
- Unexplained pain or tenderness in your face, neck, mouth, or ear.
- Sores in your face, neck, or mouth that bleed easily and persist for more than two weeks.
- Persistent hoarseness.
- Difficulty swallowing, chewing, or moving your tongue.
- Slurred speech or changes in your voice.
- A change in the way your teeth fit together.
- Inexplicable weight loss.
