{"id":121643,"date":"2026-01-06T02:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/121643\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T02:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:32:10","slug":"importance-of-dental-screening-for-early-oral-cancer-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/121643\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of dental screening for early oral cancer detection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KFSN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, January 6, 2026 1:39AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Importance of dental screening for early oral cancer detection\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">With the start of the year, you might be scheduling your semi-annual dentist appointment. But you&#8217;ll want to make sure your doctor is checking for more than just cavities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Dr. Pooja Mehta joined Action News in the studio to talk about the risks of oral cancer, the importance of early detection and the questions you should be asking your dentist.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, January 6, 2026 1:39AM With the start of the year, you might be scheduling your semi-annual dentist&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[63879,21117,13849,63877,13001,112,114,113,63878,294],"class_list":["post-121643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-63879","tag-appointment","tag-awareness","tag-dental-hygiene","tag-dentist","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-oral-cancer","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}