Dentists offer free mouth cancer examinations

Over 700 dental surgeries across the country will be offering free mouth cancer examinations today in a bid to create more awareness of the disease.

Dentists offer free mouth cancer examinations
Wed, 19 Sep, 2012 - 08:21

Over 700 dental surgeries across the country will be offering free mouth cancer examinations today in a bid to create more awareness of the disease.

Three hundred cases of mouth cancer are diagnosed in Ireland each year, with over 100 people dying from the illness.

A list of participating dentists is available on the website mouthcancerawareness.ie.

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