Richmond Dentist Dr. Way Screens for Oral Cancer

By definition, a cancer screening is meant to detect cancer before symptoms appear. At Westhampton Dentistry, Richmond dentist Dr. Way performs an oral cancer screening at each and every dental checkup. Why? Because early detection means a far greater chance of survival and that’s no exaggeration. Every year, slightly fewer than 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with oral or pharyngeal cancer, and only about 50 percent of those people will survive beyond five years. Found early, however, oral cancer is highly treatable and often curable.

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