{"id":297,"date":"2019-04-29T17:07:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T17:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the611dentist.com\/blog\/?p=297"},"modified":"2025-05-05T19:58:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T19:58:02","slug":"dentist-state-college-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centresmilesdental.com\/blog\/dentist-state-college-3\/","title":{"rendered":"See a Dentist in State College for Oral Cancer Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"femaleThink you don\u2019t know anyone who has had oral cancer? Well, you might recognize some of these names: Michael Douglas, Michael Medved, Babe Ruth, Diane Von Furstenberg, George Harrison, President Grover Cleveland and Sigmund Freud to name only a few. Of course, the disease is not limited to celebrities, politicians and athletes. Oral cancer strikes people in all walks of life. Fortunately, there is something you can do. Have an oral cancer screening at the dentist in State College. And because April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month, there\u2019s no better time than right now.<\/p>\n

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Oral Cancer Statistics<\/h2>\n

According to the Oral Cancer Foundation, approximately 49,750 people in the United States will be newly diagnosed with oral cancer this year. That means that every day 132 new people are diagnosed. Sadly, one person dies of oral cancer every hour of every day of every year. That\u2019s more than 8,000 per year just in the U.S. Many of those deaths could have been prevented with an oral cancer screening<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Risk Factors for Oral Cancer<\/h2>\n

Certain behaviors put you at greater risk for developing oral cancer. Two of the major risk factors are smoking and tobacco use. Add excessive alcohol consumption and your risk is even higher. And while the majority of people diagnosed are over the age of 40, the fastest growing population among oral cancer patients is healthy, non-smoking men and women that have HPV infection.<\/p>\n

Other risk factors include:<\/p>\n