{"id":201,"date":"2013-05-02T19:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T19:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.drgsmiles.com\/?p=201"},"modified":"2013-05-02T19:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T19:34:14","slug":"velscope-oral-cancer-screening-for-oral-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drgsmiles.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/02\/velscope-oral-cancer-screening-for-oral-health\/","title":{"rendered":"VELscope Oral Cancer Screening For Oral Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drgsmiles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/oral-cancer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-202\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"oral cancer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drgsmiles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/oral-cancer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>Oral cancer <\/strong>is a serious threat to your overall health. One American dies from <strong>oral cancer <\/strong>every hour. It\u2019s important to visit us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drgsmiles.com\/\">Giamberardino Dental Care<\/a> so that we can check you for signs of <strong>oral cancer <\/strong>with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drgsmiles.com\/preventive-dentistry.html\">VELscope<\/a> exam.\n\nThe danger in <strong>oral cancer<\/strong> is that most cases are not discovered until later on, so the issue has been allowed to spread. The sooner it\u2019s discovered, the greater the chances it can be treated. We recommend all our patients have a <strong>VELscope oral cancer exam <\/strong>once a year.\n\n<strong>VELscope <\/strong>technology allows us to quickly and comfortably check you for signs of <strong>oral cancer<\/strong>. The screening uses a special light that illuminates cells that are abnormal or cancerous so they can clearly be seen. This is a simple test that can be extremely important for your health.\n\nYou may think that just because you don\u2019t smoke, you\u2019re not at risk. However this isn\u2019t true, for 25 percent of <strong>oral cancer<\/strong> cases are people who are non-smokers and don\u2019t have other risk factors for the disease. Besides smoking, other risk factors include daily alcohol use, HIV, diabetes, and viral infections.\n\n<strong>Oral cancer <\/strong>is something that should be taken seriously because it can affect anyone. Give us a call today to learn more about the risk factors or to schedule a <strong>VELscope <\/strong>exam<strong>.<\/strong>\n\n<strong>Giamberardino Dental Care <\/strong>provides quality general and cosmetic dentistry from our <strong>Medford, MA dental office.<\/strong> We serve patients from <strong>Medford, Winchester, Somerville, Malden, Everett, <\/strong>and surrounding communities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drgsmiles.com\/contact-us.html\">Call<\/a> us today to schedule your next appointment.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oral cancer is a serious threat to your overall health. One American dies from oral cancer every hour. It\u2019s important to visit us at Giamberardino Dental Care so that we can check you for signs of oral cancer with a VELscope exam. The danger in oral cancer is that most cases are not discovered until later on, so the issue has been allowed to spread. The sooner it\u2019s discovered, the greater the chances it can be treated. We recommend all our patients have a VELscope oral cancer exam once a year. VELscope technology allows us to quickly and comfortably check you for signs of oral cancer. The screening uses a special light that illuminates cells [&hellip;] <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drgsmiles.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/02\/velscope-oral-cancer-screening-for-oral-health\/\">(Read More)<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[35,47,48,59,64,77,97,103,104],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-dentistry","tag-dr-anthony-giamberardino","tag-general-dentistry-2","tag-giamberardino-dental-care","tag-malden","tag-medford","tag-oral-cancer","tag-somerville","tag-velscope","tag-winchester"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VELscope Oral Cancer Screening For Oral Health - Medford Dental Wellness Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drgsmiles.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/02\/velscope-oral-cancer-screening-for-oral-health\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"VELscope Oral Cancer Screening For Oral Health - Medford Dental Wellness Blog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Oral cancer is a serious threat to your overall health. 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