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Free oral health checks from Ceylinco Oral health will be the theme of a month-long campaign in September by the Ceylinco Cancer Detection, Centre. Starting September 1, the centre will offer free oral health checks to the public who call in requesting the service. These free examinations will be by appointment and all persons who undergo the checks would receive special discounts on any follow-up oral screening that may be required, the centre said. "Poor oral health can lead to cancer, which is why the Cancer Detection Centre has chosen oral health as its theme for September", Mr. R Renganathan, Deputy Chairman, Ceylinco Healthcare Services Ltd, said. "Our objective is to create greater awareness of the need for regular oral health checks". "Betel and tobacco chewing, smoking, heavy alcohol consumption, broken teeth, ill-fitting dentures, poor nutrition, anaemia and poor oral hygiene are among the chief causes of poor oral health in Sri Lanka and therefore an average individual should get an oral check done once every six months", Dr. Shyama Fernando, Senior Medical Officer of the Ceylinco Cancer Detection Centre said. |
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