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Oral Cancer Awareness Month is in April

Dentistry Today

Every hour, 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year, someone dies of oral or oropharyngeal cancer (cancer of the back of the oral cavity and upper throat). Yet if oral cancer is detected and treated early, treatment-related health problems are reduced, and survival rates may increase. The Oral Cancer Foundation.

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What They Didn’t Tell You About the TMJ in Dental School

Dentistry Today

We focused on the details and the techniques of cavity and crown prep, did the lab work necessary for our prosthodontics courses, and paid lip service to the diagnostic sciences. But where did this TMJ thing fit in? She runs her private practice in Orlando. Disclosure: Dr. Tamimi reports no disclosures.