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Instant Screening Device Is The Best Defense For Detecting Deadly Oral Cancer

Instant Screening Device Is The Best Defense For Detecting Deadly Oral Cancer

Every year, over 34,000 Americans develop oral cancer. Many die, and many others must undergo surgery that leaves them permanently disfigured. Dentists are usually the first to diagnose oral cancer, but 75 percent do not check their patients for signs of the disease. What’s more, the early signs of oral cancer are invisible to the naked eye, so even those who look for it may not spot it.

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