Oral cancer screening is an examination of the mouth to detect any symptoms. This can help find cancer at an early stage. When abnormal tissue or cancer is found early, it may be easier to treat. By the time symptoms appear, cancer may have begun to spread.
With increased technological advances, the dental profession has developed an oral cancer screening device to help early detection. Velscope is the recently developed oral cancer detection device that is used to enhance the visualization of oral abnormalities. Velscope works through the use of a safe blue light, shone into the oral cavity. This allows the dentist to view and help differentiate between normal and abnormal tissue.
The Velscope oral cancer screening device is quick, easy and convenient, allowing treatment to be swift. Velscope is the only adjunctive oral cancer screening system cleared to help clinicians detect, and surgeons remove, precancerous and cancerous lesions that may not be visible under white light examination.
The benefits of direct tissue fluorescence visualization technology, such as Velscope is that it is non-invasive, there are no stains or rinses required and it does not interfere with other care or treatments. As there is no need for mouthwashes, fluorides and paste in a Velscope screening there is no temporary or lasting discoloration.
Oral cancer screening should be implanted into your regular dental hygiene visits, in order to increase the chances of oral cancer detection.
The screening and detection of Oral Cancer is primarily the responsibility of dentists and the dental profession. Your dentist has the skills and tools to ensure that the early signs of cancer and pre-cancerous conditions are identified. It is crucial to maintain a healthy lifestyle and know the early signs and see your dentist regularly.
Early detection is your best weapon against oral cancer, currently the mortality rate for oral cancer has not decreased in over three decades. The greatest increase of new Oral Cancer patients has occurred in patients under age 40.
Oral cancer often starts as a small, unnoticeable red or white sore anywhere in the oral cavity, this can affect the lips, gum tissue, check lining, tongue and the hard or soft palate. Common signs of oral cancer can include discoloration in oral tissue, sores that bleed and if you experience difficulty chewing, swallowing and speaking. Various types of abnormal cells can develop in the oral cavity in the form of red or white sores. Some are harmless and other cancerous or pre-cancerous.
The risk of oral cancer increases when alcohol is used in combination with smoking. Prolonged exposure to the sun increases the risk of lip cancer. Although alcohol and tobacco increases the risks it must be noted that even people who do not smoke or drink alcohol can develop oral cancer.
Regular check-ups, including an examination of the entire mouth, are essential in the early detection of cancerous and pre-cancerous conditions. Being aware of the risk factors and seeing a dentist for oral cancer screenings can help prevent this deadly disease. An oral cancer screening device is quick, easy and convenient, allowing treatment to be swift.
With increased technological advances, the dental profession has developed an oral cancer screening device to help early detection. An oral cancer detection device such as Velscope can help detect oral cancer in its early stages and allow for planning of the best oral cancer treatment. If you want to maintain your oral health and overall wellbeing that it is worth considering having an oral cancer screening performed.
Enhancements in modern dentistry materials and methods are allowing for new ways to create more satisfying, natural looking smiles. Dental research is continually developing more aesthetically enhanced materials, such as ceramic and plastic materials that imitate the appearance of natural teeth. If your smile is blemished by metal fillings, dentists now offer an increasingly common general dentistry solution through the use white tooth fillings.
Do you have discoloured teeth and not sure what to do about them? Take a visit to your dentist and ask about professional tooth whitening. Your dentist will advise the correct product to maintain your new smile and suit your lifestyle.
Tooth whitening is a process recognised as oxidation. Clinical studies have shown that certain treatments, such as those used within the Zoon! Procedure, under the supervision of a dental professional is safe for the teeth and gums, and is one of the fastest teeth whitening systems available today.
My dedicated team at the Family Dental Practice in Sacramento wants to provide you with as much information and help as possible, when making a decision about the type of dental treatment that you might want to undergo and also allow you the opportunity to understand better, the way in which we approach our treatments and patient care.
Enhancements in modern dental materials and methods are allowing for new ways to create more satisfying, natural looking smiles. Dental research is continually developing more esthetically enhanced materials in the ways in which to effectively whiten teeth, such as ceramic and plastic materials that imitate the appearance of natural teeth.
If your smile is blemished by discolored teeth or metal fillings, there are new developments in professional tooth whitening that can help.
Lumineers are the latest innovative development in the quest for beautiful, perfectly shaped and colored teeth, through the use of a veneer style structure. The fundamental difference between veneers and Lumineers comes in their radically thin composition and the ease with which they can be positioned in your mouth, for an immediately enhanced smile in as little as two visits.
Baby teeth are the primary teeth that appear within your child’s mouth from around the age of six months old.
Although only a temporary factor in the long term composition of your baby’s mouth, they are never the less, an important stage in the growth of the child and as such, proper oral hygiene should be maintained from the moment they appear. Not only will this serve to keep the child’s mouth healthy from the off set, and therefore minimise any risk of problems to the gums later on, it also allows the child to learn from the youngest age, the importance and regularity with which oral hygiene should be approached.
Following the recent decision by Denti-Cal to eliminate most adult dental services, an inevitable question of cost has been raised in the ability of patients to receive regular general dental treatment and checkups.
While subsidies have proven to be an invaluable part of maintaining a consistent oral hygiene routine, by having dental check ups on a regular basis, it is of paramount importance that oral health care and hygiene be maintained in the absence of immediate available funding, supplied by state providers.
