10/11/2026
Patients : Do not ever accept your medical or dental provider saying...
" It's nothing", or
" Let's watch it".
Nobody has biopsy eyes.
If a spot, lesion, patch, or sore, has been present for more than 7 days, find an ENT or oral surgeon to biopsy it.
I experienced my friend Dorne’s tongue cancer journey.
A devastating 9- hour tongue removal, bi-lateral neck dissection surgery, and then his death almost years after an urgent care nurse practitioner said "it is nothing, here is an antibiotic".
Call me in a few days if it isn't better.
It was a stage 4 cancerous tumor!
Never tolerate anyone dismissing your concerns.
Your dental provider must perform an oral cancer screening with a head and neck exam at every visit.
This additional style of exam takes a few minutes.
It is NOT simply sticking your tongue out to a piece of gauze.
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