{"id":319,"date":"2013-09-27T16:06:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T16:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.drbobbycarmen.com\/?p=319"},"modified":"2013-09-20T16:09:34","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T16:09:34","slug":"protect-yourself-against-the-threat-of-oral-cancer-in-norman-ok-with-velscope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/protect-yourself-against-the-threat-of-oral-cancer-in-norman-ok-with-velscope\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Yourself against the Threat of Oral Cancer in Norman, OK with VELscope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-320\" style=\"margin: 8px 10px;\" title=\"oral-cancer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/oral-cancer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>Over time, patients often become familiar with several kinds of conditions and injuries that can negatively affect their dental health, from TMJ disorder to gum disease to even simple cavities. But have you ever stopped and wondered whether you might have oral cancer? While this condition isn\u2019t discussed too often, the numbers surrounding it are staggering \u2013 this year, tens of thousands of people will be diagnosed with oral cancer, and half of them won\u2019t survive longer than five years. This is because oral cancer isn\u2019t often detected until its latest, most dangerous stage. Thankfully, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/meet-the-dentist.html\">Dr. Bobby Carmen<\/a> provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/dental-technology.html\">VELscope<\/a> at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/contact.html\">Norman, OK<\/a> office! This revolutionary device can discover signs of oral cancer and potentially rescue patients from the diseases\u2019 ill effects early on.<\/p>\n<p>The way <strong>VELscope<\/strong> works is simple \u2013 it\u2019s a fluorescence-based identification system that can detect tissue abnormalities. <strong>Dr. Carmen<\/strong> will use the device while also visually inspecting your smile, using the special light to illuminate any cells that show signs of abnormality when compared to the surrounding normal tissue.<\/p>\n<p>Our team strongly recommends that all adults undergo an exam with <strong>VELscope<\/strong> every year. While most patients who contract oral cancer smoke and\/or drink heavily, nearly 25% don\u2019t participate in any risk factors whatsoever, which is a compelling reason to ensure that your mouth is healthy and cancer-free on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re concerned about oral cancer, it\u2019s all right to relax as long as you\u2019re attending regular check-ups with <strong>VELscope<\/strong> \u2013 while the disease is dangerous, it had an 80-90% cure rate when caught in its earliest stages. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/contact.html\">Contact<\/a> our <strong>Norman<\/strong> office today to set up your next appointment! <strong>Dr. Carmen<\/strong> can\u2019t wait to leave your smile happier and healthier. We also serve the areas of <strong>Moore, the University of Oklahoma, central Oklahoma<\/strong>, and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over time, patients often become familiar with several kinds of conditions and injuries that can negatively affect their dental health, from TMJ disorder to gum disease to even simple cavities. But have you ever stopped and wondered whether you might have oral cancer? While this condition isn\u2019t discussed too often, the numbers surrounding it are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[245,70,111,95,153,154,167],"class_list":["post-319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dr-bobby-carmen","tag-moore","tag-norman-dentist","tag-the-university-of-oklahoma","tag-velscope","tag-velscope-norman","tag-velscope-norman-dentist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions\/322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}