{"id":548,"date":"2016-04-08T14:46:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T19:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/?p=548"},"modified":"2016-04-08T14:46:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T19:46:10","slug":"april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"

April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month and here at Southern Dental, we want to not only bring awarness to Oral Cancer which will affect around 48-50 thousand people this year alone. If you haven’t schedule a visit with us for a while – right now is the perfect time to schedule.<\/p>\n

Getting checked regularly by your dentist, or at least once a month can easily prevent oral cancer from becoming untreatable. This month we are doing free oral cancer testing so come in and help us bring awareness and educate people about the importance of getting checked at least once a year.<\/p>\n

This year alone in the U.S there will be around 40,000 peole diagnosed with oral cancer and out of the 40,000 around 8,000 will die from it. This illness can kill you very quick if you are not diagnosed during the early stages. Within five years of diagnosis a person can die if not treated. This type of cancer has a higher death rate than any of the other types of cancers.<\/p>\n

The test can be done in different ways, there is special equipment that your doctor can test which is more advanced, but a simple touch and check of your neck head and back can indicate the presence of oral cancer. Your dentist will know what to check for, if there are any sores, any change in tissue texture etc.<\/p>\n

Please help us bring awareness to this illeness and spread the word – this April we will be testing for free in all of our 9 locations! Ask our staff and book your appointment now!<\/p>\n

Please contact your dentist at any of our Southern Dental branches if you need more information or if you want to book an appointment.<\/em><\/p>\n

Find all contact information for all our locations HERE<\/a>. Or visit us at\u00a0www.southerndental.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month and here at Southern Dental, we want to not only bring awarness to Oral Cancer which will affect around 48-50 thousand people this year alone. If you haven’t schedule a visit with us for … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[35,43,44,36],"tags":[47,8,46,48],"class_list":["post-548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cosmetic-dentistry","category-cosmetic-dentistry-houston-tx","category-dental-clinic-houston-tx","category-dentist-houston-tx","tag-check-up","tag-dentist","tag-oral-cancer-awareness-month","tag-southern-dental"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nApril is Oral Cancer Awareness Month! | Southern Dental | Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month! | Southern Dental | Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month and here at Southern Dental, we want to not only bring awarness to Oral Cancer which will affect around 48-50 thousand people this year alone. If you haven’t schedule a visit with us for … Continued\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Southern Dental | Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-08T19:46:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/412439fb08946be15d3653afd7176c65\"},\"headline\":\"April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month!\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-08T19:46:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-08T19:46:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/\"},\"wordCount\":311,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"check up\",\"dentist\",\"oral cancer awareness month\",\"southern dental\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Cosmetic Dentistry\",\"Cosmetic Dentistry Houston TX\",\"Dental Clinic Houston TX\",\"Dentist Houston TX\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/\",\"name\":\"April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month! | Southern Dental | Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-08T19:46:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-08T19:46:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Southern Dental | Blog\",\"description\":\"Dentist in Houston | Dentist 77008\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Southern Dental Associates\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/logo.png\",\"width\":280,\"height\":83,\"caption\":\"Southern Dental Associates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/412439fb08946be15d3653afd7176c65\",\"name\":\"admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month! | Southern Dental | Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month! | Southern Dental | Blog","og_description":"April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month and here at Southern Dental, we want to not only bring awarness to Oral Cancer which will affect around 48-50 thousand people this year alone. If you haven’t schedule a visit with us for … Continued","og_url":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/","og_site_name":"Southern Dental | Blog","article_published_time":"2016-04-08T19:46:10+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/412439fb08946be15d3653afd7176c65"},"headline":"April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month!","datePublished":"2016-04-08T19:46:10+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-08T19:46:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/"},"wordCount":311,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["check up","dentist","oral cancer awareness month","southern dental"],"articleSection":["Cosmetic Dentistry","Cosmetic Dentistry Houston TX","Dental Clinic Houston TX","Dentist Houston TX"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/","url":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/","name":"April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month! | Southern Dental | Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-04-08T19:46:10+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-08T19:46:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/april-is-oral-cancer-awareness-month\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/","name":"Southern Dental | Blog","description":"Dentist in Houston | Dentist 77008","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Southern Dental Associates","url":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/logo.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/logo.png","width":280,"height":83,"caption":"Southern Dental Associates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/412439fb08946be15d3653afd7176c65","name":"admin"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":505,"url":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/this-month-is-world-oral-health-month-lets-stock-up-on-all-our-oral-hygiene-supplies\/","url_meta":{"origin":548,"position":0},"title":"This month is World Oral Health Month – Let’s stock up on all our oral hygiene supplies!","date":"March 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Spring is here! It feels like Christmas was just a few weeks ago, but as we enter March and the weather improves and we get ready for our Spring cleaning in our homes - we also should take the opportunity to do stock up in all our dental hygiene supplies!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Cosmetic Dentistry"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":441,"url":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/what-makes-an-excellent-dentist\/","url_meta":{"origin":548,"position":1},"title":"What Makes an Excellent Dentist?","date":"January 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"We all want that gorgeous, white, and brilliant smile. Whether or not we can obtain it will rely on the oral health care we get. In order to receive good oral health care, we must have an excellent dentist. What does it take to make an excellent oral health care\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Dentist Houston TX"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":561,"url":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/pediatric-dentistry-houston-tx\/","url_meta":{"origin":548,"position":2},"title":"Pediatric Dentistry Houston TX","date":"May 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Your children's oral health is important to us, and good oral hygiene is an important part of keeping them healthy. Southern Dental in Houston not only treats tooth decay in children, but also tries to educate parents, as well as children, about the good habits that keep teeth strong and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Pediatric Dentistry Houston TX"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":432,"url":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/what-makes-a-great-dentist\/","url_meta":{"origin":548,"position":3},"title":"What Makes a Great Dentist?","date":"January 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"We all want that beautiful, white and bright smile. Whether or not we are able to get it will depend on the oral health care we receive. In order to get good oral health care we need to have a good dentist. So what does it take to make a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Southern Dental Associates"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/block2-3.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":710,"url":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/pediatric-dentistry-houston-tx-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":548,"position":4},"title":"PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY","date":"November 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Providing a comprehensive oral health care for your child is important from the time when they get their first milk tooth. An early visit to a pediatric dentist is highly encouraged to ensure that your child\u2019s teeth and gums are properly cared for. You do not have to wait before\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Pediatric Dentistry Houston TX"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":651,"url":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/the-importance-of-pediatric-dentistry\/","url_meta":{"origin":548,"position":5},"title":"The Importance of Pediatric Dentistry","date":"August 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In order to ensure the health of teeth, you should take care of them from childhood. If there are any abnormalities or malfunctions in your teeth, you will find it as an easy task to treat them once they are detected at an early stage, especially during childhood. Pediatric dentistry\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Pediatric Dentistry Houston TX"","img":{"alt_text":"pediatric dentistry houston tx","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/iStock_000011953081_Small-copy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6FS6p-8Q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":551,"href":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southerndental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}