The Municipal Secretary of Health of Medianeira, through the Division of dentistry, promotes oral cancer prevention campaign. This type of cancer affects mainly people over 40 years.
examination of mouth consists in the verification of lips, tongue, gums region below the tongue, palate, cheeks, and amygdala. After the examination, patients were instructed to make the autoexame at home, once a month, to identify possible wounds, bruises, blemishes or lumps. Who wears dentures receives specific guidance for cleaning and the need to make the switch every five years. Another important recommendation is that you should sleep with the prosthesis, so as not to hurt the mouth and also avoid
fungi.
the factors that can lead to cancer of the mouth are older than 40 years, addiction to smoking pipes and cigarette, alcohol consumption, poor oral hygiene and dental prostheses usage ill-fitting. If diagnosed early and treated adequately, the cancer can be cured in most cases. The treatment is done basically through surgery, associate or not to radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
