Posts Tagged ‘Mouth Cancer Awareness Day’
Irish Dental Practices Offer Free Screening for Mouth Cancer Awareness Day
Dental practices across Ireland offered free screening sessions to mark Mouth Cancer Awareness Day on Wednesday 17th September. Clinics up and down the country encouraged patients to pop in for a free oral cancer screening test as part of a national campaign to raise awareness of oral cancer and inform people about the causes, risk factors […]
Wickersley Dental Practice To Host Free Oral Cancer Screening Day
A dental practice in Wickersley is hosting a free oral cancer screening event to celebrate Mouth Cancer Awareness Day. Free screening will be available on the 17th September. Mouth Cancer Awareness Day is a national event, which is designed to raise awareness of mouth cancer and encourage as many people as possible to have a […]
Oral Cancer Screening Programme Makes A Difference In Ireland
Twenty two cases of oral cancer have been diagnosed in Ireland as a result of an oral cancer screening programme, which was introduced in 2010 to raise awareness of the disease and enable people to access free screening tests. Since the initiative was introduced four years ago, around 20,000 people have been screened. Eleanor O’Sullivan, […]
Irish doctor making a difference in the fight against oral cancer
Irish doctor Eleanor O’Sullivan is making massive strides in the fight against oral cancer. Dr O’Sullivan is a specialist in the treatment of head and neck cancer and has been instrumental in establishing Mouth Cancer Awareness Day, which offers members of the public the chance to have free oral cancer screenings. Dr O’Sullivan is chairwoman […]
Irish Dentists Fear Mouth Cancer Death Rate Following PRSI Cuts
Irish dentists are worried that the death rate for mouth cancer could increase as a result of budget cuts for the PRSI scheme. The Health Service Executive announced budget cuts at the beginning of 2011 and people who are covered by the PRSI scheme have had their benefits reduced significantly. Participants in the scheme used […]
Free Mouth Cancer Screening Available Across Ireland
Seven hundred dental practices are offering free oral cancer screening on Wednesday to celebrate Mouth Cancer Awareness Day. In addition to dental practices across the country offering screening, checks will also be available free of charge at Dublin and Cork University Hospitals. Last year more than ten thousand people had checks and 13 cases of […]
Irish Dentists to Offer Free Oral Cancer Checks
Dentists across Ireland will offer free oral cancer screening as part of Mouth Cancer Awareness Day, which will take place on the 21st September. More than 700 dentists will take part in the screening programme to help support the Mouth Cancer Awareness Day campaign, which is designed to raise the profile of mouth cancer and […]
