{"id":97,"date":"2022-09-05T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hobsonvillepointdental.co.nz\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2025-07-05T08:59:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T07:59:25","slug":"oral-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hobsonvillepointdental.co.nz\/blog\/oral-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oral cancer involves cancer of the lips, tongue, inner cheeks, roof of the mouth, gums and floor of the mouth. It accounts for approximately 2% of all cancers diagnosed in New Zealand wherein, about 250 people are diagnosed each year and most are treated<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Warning signs <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>1. White scaly patch\/Leukoplakia. Commonly occurs in smokers and tobacco chewers. Sites to detect this is inside of cheeks, gums, lower lip, floor of mouth and side of the tongue.<\/p>\n<p>2. Red scaly patch\/Erythroplakia. Occurs commonly on the inner cheeks, floor of the mouth or tongue. Some patches may also be a mixture of both red and white patches.<\/p>\n<p>3. Ulcers that do not heal within 2 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>4. Actinic cheilosis. Shriveling of the lips in which dry, scaly changes occur.<\/p>\n<p>5. Actinic keratosis. Found on sun damaged skin and appears as a scaly spot.<\/p>\n<p>6. Lichen planus. Appears in a white lacy or fern-like pattern.<\/p>\n<p>7. Swelling, lump or growth anywhere with or without pain.<\/p>\n<p>8. Tingling or numbness of the tongue or anywhere else in the mouth.<\/p>\n<p>9. Prolonged hoarseness, sore throats, persistent coughing, or a feeling of a lump in the throat.<\/p>\n<p>10. Difficulty swallowing and opening the mouth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hobsonvillepointdental.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oral-cancer-2.jpg\" alt=\"oral-cancer\" width=\"393\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hobsonvillepointdental.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oral-cancer-2.jpg 393w, https:\/\/www.hobsonvillepointdental.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oral-cancer-2-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hobsonvillepointdental.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/warning-signs.jpg\" alt=\"warning-signs\" width=\"886\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hobsonvillepointdental.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/warning-signs.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.hobsonvillepointdental.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/warning-signs-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hobsonvillepointdental.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/warning-signs-768x474.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oral cancer involves cancer of the lips, tongue, inner cheeks, roof of the mouth, gums and floor of the mouth. It accounts for approximately 2% of all cancers diagnosed in New Zealand wherein, about 250 people are diagnosed each year and most are treated Warning signs 1. White scaly patch\/Leukoplakia. 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