The mouth is lined with a special type of skin (mucosa) that is smooth and coral pink in color. Any alteration in this appearance could be a warning sign of a pathological process. The most serious of these is oral cancer. The following can be signs at the beginning of a pathologic process or cancerous growth:
These changes can occur on the lips, cheeks, palate, gingiva (gum tissue), tongue, face and neck. Pain does not always occur with pathology and is not often associated with oral cancer. However, one cannot rule out pathology if there is facial and/or oral pain without an obvious cause or reason.
We recommend you keep your routine visits at your dentist’s office and perform an oral cancer self-examination monthly. Do not ignore suspicious lumps or sores, as your mouth may be the first area where a serious medical problem becomes apparent. You can always schedule an appointment with us if you have a suspicious area you wish to have examined.
Hunt Valley Medical Center • 10 Warren Road, Suite 330 Cockeysville, Maryland 21030 • Phone: 410-666-5225 • Fax: 410-666-7220
McDonogh Crossroads • 10 Crossroads Drive, Suite 200 Owings Mills, Maryland 21117 • Phone: 410-363-7780 • Fax: 410-581-9724
Upper Chesapeake Medical Center • 615 West MacPhail Road, Suite 205 Bel Air, Maryland 21014 • Phone: 410-838-7301 • Fax: 410-838-3111
The Maryland Center for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery provides
dental implants, wisdom teeth removal, corrective jaw surgery and other oral surgery treatments
to patients throughout the greater Baltimore Maryland metropolitan area, including the communities of
Randallstown Maryland, Reisterstown Maryland, Worthington Maryland, Pikesville Maryland, Parkville Maryland and Carney Maryland.