This week on Your Dental Top 5 Podcast Amanda Hill discusses Oral Cancer, in honor or Oral Cancer Awareness Month. Amanda brings on Susan Cotten who breaks down the top 5 things we need to do when thinking about our oral cancer screening.
Episode Highlights
- What drove Susan
- Top 5 tips
- Medical History
Quotes
“Cancer changed and our screening needed to change right along with it”
“I want to be able to smile like everyone else but I can’t… the cancer had devastated her teeth and oral cavity”
“There is no perfect hygiene appointment”
“Own it, flip it, and move forward”
“Tell your patients you are doing the screening, and educate while you do it”
“Don’t assume a patient isn’t at risk… screen from their very first visit with you”
“The youngest patient I have had with oral cancer… was 6 years old”
“One person, every hour, of every day dies of oral cancer”
Links
The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:
http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429
Amanda’s email:
amandahillrdh@gmail.com
More Dental Top 5 Episodes: https://ataleoftwohygienists.com/dentaltop5/
