Watching your mouth for early warning signs is the best line of defense. If you notice a sore in your mouth that does not heal or causes discomfort or tenderness please call us immediately. Time is always of the essence.
There are a number of ideas and technologies that screeners may add to the visual and tactile screening. The most common is a blue light which helps them distinguish some tissue changes that may not be different enough from the surrounding tissue for a screener to notice. NOT ALL OF THE TISSUE CHANGES THESE LIGHTS WILL FIND ARE CANCER, and the vast majority of discoveries with a tissue autofluorescence blue light are benign. While these lights are not specific to finding cancer, they can be a useful additional tool for the examiner.
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