Screening for Oral Cancer
Oral Cancer Screenings in Bel Air, MD
We use Velscope, this enhanced exam that may save your life. Velscope helps us identify oral cancer in the early stages when it is still easy to treat.
Found early, oral cancer has a 5 year survival rate of 83%.
Found late, oral cancer has a 5 year survival rate of only 32%.
Velscope Enhanced Oral Assessment System
The Velscope uses natural tissue fluorescence to improve the way we examine the oral mucosa and screen for tissue abnormalities by enhancing the visualization of pre-cancers, cancer, and other disease processes.
Advantages:
- Provides visual information that is bright and easy to observe within the typical lighting conditions in a dental operatory
- Helps us see things which may be hard to visualize otherwise
- A very important tool in the fight against oral cancer
- Affordable