Live for tomorrow. Get screened for oral cancer today.

• Every hour, one American dies from oral cancer.
• When diagnosed early, a person with oral cancer has an 80 - 90% survival rate.
• All new Metro Dentalcare patients receive information about oral cancer and oral cancer screenings on their first.

Oral cancer currently kills about one person every hour in America. But with proper prevention, such as regular oral cancer screenings, people diagnosed with oral cancer have an 80 - 90% survival rate.

Metro Dentalcare is dedicated to the fight against oral cancer by raising awareness, educating patients, funding research, and performing regular oral cancer screenings.

• Learn more about oral cancer.
• Make an appointment for an oral cancer screening at your nearest Metro Dentalcare Clinic.

Metro Dentalcare speaks with Brian Hill of the Oral Cancer Foundation.

In our recent chat with Brian Hill, founder of the Oral Cancer Foundation, Hill explained that the biggest problem in the fight against oral cancer is awareness and lack of early detection.

"Two-thirds of all oral cancer is found at stages 3 or 4 - when it's deadly," Hill explained. He went on to say that if dental professionals regularly perform oral cancer screenings, preventing and curing oral cancer has a very high success rate.

"Oral cancer kills more people than skin cancer, brain cancer, or prostrate cancer. Oral cancer kills 24 people a day, and yet nobody seems to know about it," Hill said. "When it's caught in the 1st stage or earlier, a patient has a 90% chance of full recovery."

Read more on the efforts of Brian Hill and the Oral Cancer Foundation.

Your Oral Cancer Screening at Metro Dentalcare.

Metro Dentalcare's dental professionals are trained in oral cancer screening methods and are happy to inform you on oral cancer screening procedure. They are dedicated to educating patients about the disease and providing thorough screenings to detect oral cancer before it's too late.

First-timers at Metro Dentalcare will notice that their dentists give them introductory information on oral cancer and oral cancer screenings. Sign up for your oral cancer screening today.

ViziLite Plus.

In addition to oral cancer training, dentists at Metro Dental use a special supplemental technology to help in oral cancer screenings called ViziLite Plus. This advanced light technology helps detect oral abnormalities, ensuring our patients receive the most comprehensive oral cancer screening possible.

ViziLite Plus is a simple, painless and non-invasive technology that improves the doctor's ability to visualize, mark, evaluate and monitor suspicious areas at their earliest stages, before they can progress to something far more serious, and potentially life-threatening. ViziLite Plus helps the doctor see what can't be seen with the unaided eye. Metro Dentalcare recommends that your dentist perform an oral cancer screening during every annual check-up. For more information on ViziLite Plus visit the ViziLite Plus Patient Site.