Experts warn of looming mouth cancer crisis after months of lockdown measures

Video report by Anna Youssef

There are warnings of a looming crisis in our region caused by millions of missed dental appointments.

With many people finding it much harder to get a regular check up, oral cancers are being missed or diagnosed late. 

Rates of the disease were already rising before the pandemic. Now they're going up even faster.

But, there is some help - and hope - out there.

• There are some images in this report you may find hard to watch.

Help and advice:

• The Swallows Head and Neck Cancer Support Group

• The Mouth Cancer Foundation