{"id":2599,"date":"2013-04-24T09:50:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T13:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hearthsidehome.wpengine.com\/?p=2599"},"modified":"2013-04-24T09:50:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T13:50:47","slug":"oral-cancer-awareness-hpv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/2013\/04\/24\/oral-cancer-awareness-hpv\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral Cancer Awareness and HPV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

Oral Cancer Awareness and HPV<\/p>\n

Matthew Norman, DDS and Michelle Phillips, RDH<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It was once thought that the incidence of oral cancer was predominantly caused by the effects of tobacco and heavy alcohol use.\u00a0 In recent years, we have changed this line of thinking to include the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in the group of leading oral cancer risk factors.\u00a0 In fact, HPV-associated oral cancers are increasing at a more rapid rate than oral cancers associated with smoking and tobacco use.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The American Cancer Society defines heavy alcohol use as two or more drinks per day for men, and one or more drink per day for women.\u00a0 Tobacco use includes cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and smokeless tobacco.\u00a0 Malignancies caused from tobacco and alcohol use are most commonly found in adults between 50-70 years old.\u00a0 These lesions typically occur on the floor of the mouth (beneath tongue), tip of the tongue, lining of the cheek, and the attached tissue surrounding where the teeth are.<\/p>\n

\"tongue<\/a><\/p>\n

HPV is one of the most common virus groups across the world that affects skin and mucosal areas of the body.\u00a0 The HPV virus is transmitted by skin-to-skin contact and sexually transmitted.\u00a0 HPV is now recognized as a risk factor for developing oral cancer and is often found in younger individuals.\u00a0 Oral cancer lesions originating from the HPV virus typically occur on the tonsillar area, base of the tongue and throat areas.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"oral<\/a><\/p>\n

April is Oral Cancer Awareness month.\u00a0 The oral cancer screen is an integral part of your doctor examination at all hygiene or maintenance visits.\u00a0 It is very important to keep routine hygiene visits scheduled so that these screenings can be performed.\u00a0 Your Norman Dental team members are the only healthcare professionals that routinely evaluate your oral condition and monitor for any abnormalities.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Norman Dental<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0| April 23, 2013 at 4:51 pm | Tags:\u00a0Alcohol Use<\/a>,\u00a0HPV<\/a>,\u00a0Human Papilloma Virus<\/a>,oral cancer<\/a>,\u00a0Tobacco Use<\/a>\u00a0| Categories:\u00a0Oral Health & Systemic Health<\/a>\u00a0| URL:http:\/\/wp.me\/p2ghCa-2j<\/a><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Comment<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0See all comments<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Like<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Unsubscribe or change your email settings at\u00a0Manage Subscriptions<\/a>.Trouble clicking?<\/strong>\u00a0Copy and paste this URL into your browser:\u00a0 http:\/\/normandental.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/23\/oral-cancer-awareness-and-hpv\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April is Oral Cancer Awareness month. The oral cancer screen is an integral part of your doctor examination at all hygiene or maintenance visits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[326,327,328,329,235,178],"class_list":["post-2599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1blog","tag-awareness","tag-cancer","tag-hpv","tag-oral","tag-oral-cancer","tag-oral-health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}