Why should you go to the dentist every 6 months?

Do you have a sore or pain in your mouth? The most critical part of a periodic dental examination is a thorough oral cancer screening.

Signs and Symptoms of oral cancer include: 

• Sores that don’t heal
• Lumps on the lip or in the mouth or throat
• White or red patches on the gums, tongue, lining of the mouth
• Unusual bleeding, pain or numbness in the mouth
• Sore throats that don’t go away, or a feeling that something is caught in the throat
• Pain with chewing or swallowing