Saving Smiles

Kayli Cramer is your typical Florida teen. The full-time student is an education major at Daytona State College and has a part-time job at Starbucks. When she…

Fernandes inducted as ad hominem fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

December 20, 2017

Rui Fernandes, MD, DMD, an associate professor and associate chair of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine –…

Seven years after surgery, oral cancer patient is cancer-free

Denise Matteo didn’t think twice about the broken tooth that caused her to see her dentist. “He looked at it and recommended $13,000 worth of dental work,” she…

Oral cancer patient says, “A second opinion saved my life.”

Retired nurse Susan Lloyd was diagnosed with stage 4 oral cancer in 2013. “It all started with a sharp pain in my jaw that made it painful to eat,” she said.…

All roads lead oral cancer patient to UF Health Jacksonville

“When I got the results, you really could have knocked me over with a feather,” 58-year-old Roberto Johnson said concerning his diagnosis of adenoid cystic…