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Oral cancer screening: oral cancer is a serious disease, but one that your dental health care team can identify in its early stages.

According to the Oral Cancer Foundation, oral cancer is often preceded by a pre-malignant lesion that can be discovered and treated through a screening process. It usually takes between 2.5 to 8 years for that lesion to turn into cancer and, if it can be caught in that time frame, it is much more easily and successfully treated. People with advanced cases of oral cancer do not face encouraging cure rates.

What are risk factors that may cause a dental care professional to recommend a screening?

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