The dentist can save your life
A routine visit to the dentist saved Joana Breckner’s life. While in the chair 17 years ago, her dentist Phillip Sacks DDS ’70 discovered abnormal white spots on Breckner’s tongue. “They were so small, I couldn’t even see them,” said Breckner, a nonsmoker who rarely drank. Though a biopsy came back benign, Sacks and other specialists continued to monitor Breckner over the next several years. “I was very vigilant about my health,” she said. In 2007, Breckner felt something unu