Jessica Tappenden-Rowell, 23, had her tongue rebuilt with a skin graft from her tattooed forearm Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and ...

Jaw cancer is a very rare type of oral cancer, or cancer in the mouth. It falls under the broader category of head and neck cancers. Experts often refer to cancers of the jaw as oral cavity cancers.

Stage 1 oral cavity cancer is characterized by small, localized tumors with high survival rates, often detected early through routine exams. Diagnosis involves oral exams, biopsies, and imaging to ...

Our goal is to optimize oral health through excellent care performed by a highly experienced patient care team. Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a surgical specialty that includes the diagnosis and ...

When doctors told her they had to remove her tongue and voice box to save her life from the cancer that had invaded her mouth, Sonya Sotinsky sat down with a microphone to record herself saying the ...

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Jessica Tappenden-Rowell, 23, had her tongue rebuilt with a skin graft from her tattooed forearm Jessica Tappenden-Rowell, 23, first dismissed the lesion on her tongue as an ulcer — until tests showed ...

She had to undergo a "life-changing surgery" where surgeons removed her tongue and reconstructed it using skin from her tattooed arm It took her months to relearn how to talk, she said, explaining ...