cancer – Dental Health Society https://dentalhealthsociety.com Information on Dental Health and Dental Services Sat, 26 Jun 2021 15:10:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.12 What Does Early Oral Cancer Feel Like? https://dentalhealthsociety.com/oral-health/what-does-early-oral-cancer-feel-like/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-does-early-oral-cancer-feel-like Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:36:00 +0000 https://dentalhealthsociety.com/?p=1494 The National Institute of Health’s Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) says that oral cancer makes up about three percent of all cancers diagnosed each year in the United States, with roughly 53,000 new cases annually. In fact, research has shown that an average of one person dies every hour of every day from oral cancer. ...

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]]> Is There a Link Between UV Light Teeth Whitening and Cancer? https://dentalhealthsociety.com/teeth-whitening/is-there-a-link-between-uv-light-teeth-whitening-and-cancer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-there-a-link-between-uv-light-teeth-whitening-and-cancer Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:58:00 +0000 https://dentalhealthsociety.com/?p=1368 Teeth whitening at the dentist, or even with some at-home kits, is often a two-part process. Along with a bleaching agent that is applied to the teeth, an instrument called a curing light is moved over the teeth to help activate the chemicals. Because some curing lights use UV technology (others are halogen or LED),...

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