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The
Mouth Cancer Foundation is a registered charity No. 1109298 (as of May 2005)
The Mouth Cancer Foundation web
site aims to help patients, carers and
health professionals find free information
on mouth cancers easily. It provides
direct links to the relevant sections
of existing cancer sites and includes
patient experiences
as well as an online
support group. |
After the diagnosis of oral cancer, it
is important to ensure that the diagnosed patient
receives any urgent dental care before treatment.
This will reduce the oral complications associated
with cancer treatment.
By carrying out the dental treatment for these patients,
dentists could help their patients retain teeth,
which would otherwise be lost, for an improved function
and life quality. With adequate information, general
dental practioners could also assist in the management
of the oral complications that their patients will
suffer as a result of cancer treatment.
It is hoped that both dentists/doctors and other
health professionals will find this website helpful
in providing the information needed to help their
patients.
"Our health and lives cannot be taken for
granted. Misfortune is a part of our humanity. Together,
we can summon the strength needed to face misfortune.
This strength is also part of our humanity. It is
easier to face our hardships when we know that there
are others who care. Dentists are the oral carers
for the cancer patient." From the article
Caring for Mouth Cancer Patients (Smile-on
28 February 2002).
If you have any further questions please contact
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