Dr. Victor Siegel - Blog

April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month and your Rockville area dentist, Dr. Victor Siegel, has joined forces with The Oral Cancer Foundation to offer complimentary oral cancer screenings on April 2nd, 3rd and 4th.  In addition to the standard visual and tactile screening, Dr. Siegel also offers Velscope, an additional screening tool which uses a blue spectrum light to highlight any suspicious tissue not seen by the naked eye.

Every hour of the day someone dies of oral cancer in the United States, and unfortunately this statistic has remained largely unchanged for almost fifty years.  If caught early, the survival date for this disease is 80-90%, however that rate drops to 20-30% at later states of the disease.  How can we improve the survival rate?  Awareness and early detection.  Educating the public to the benefit of oral cancer screenings and early diagnosis are key.

February is the time of the year that your Rockville dentist  Dr. Siegel, joins with the American Dental Association to raise awareness of the importance of taking your child to the dentist for regular dental visits.  If your child does not already have an established dental relationship, Children's Dental Health Month is the perfect time to make a connection.  

The dental relationship involves not only the dentist and pediatric patient, but also the parent.  Each dental hygiene check-up allows the dentist to discuss the child's dental growth and concerns with the parent.  

It's been a mild winter so far, but it's not over yet.  Wouldn't you like a whiter, brighter smile to help you get through the dark, dreary days before spring arrives?  Your Rockville area dentist, Victor R. Siegel, is offering a $100 courtesy for all Zoom! teeth whitening performed during the month of February.  So what is so special about Zoom! teeth whitening?  Zoom! is one of the fastest teeth whitening systems available, and your teeth can be up to eight shades lighter in just one visit!