Oral Cancer Screenings

Rinse, Spit, and Check for Cancer

By Dorothea Hunter
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the May 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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A cleaning, a reminder to floss--and a cancer screening? That's what a trip to the dentist may soon entail.

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