April is important for more than beautiful spring flowers. It is also Oral Cancer Awareness Month. A person dies every hour every day of the year from oral or oropharyngeal cancer. Approximately 54,000 cases are diagnosed annually. Sadly, 43% won’t survive longer than 5 years. Late detection is the leading cause of the mortality rate. Believe it or not, you don’t have to smoke to be at risk. Oral cancer can occur in anyone. Thankfully, you can benefit from the power of early detection by visiting your dentist in the Lehigh Valley for an oral cancer screening.