Dr. Mogell Dental Blog

Boca Raton Cosmetic Dentist

Oral Cancer Screening and Prevention

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Our practice continually looks for advances to provide the optimum level of oral health care to our patients. We are concerned about oral cancer and look for it in every visit we have with our patients.

One American dies every hour from oral cancer. Late detection of oral cancer is the primary cause that both the incidence and mortality rates of oral cancer continue to increase. As with most cancers, age is the primary risk factor for oral cancer. Tobacco and alcohol use are other major risk factors but more than 25% of oral cancer victims have no such lifestyle risk factors.

We find that using ViziLite along with a standard oral cancer examination improves the ability to identify suspicious areas at their earliest stages.

ViziLite is a simple and painless examination that gives the best chance to find any oral abnormalities at the earliest possible stage. Early detection of pre-cancerous tissue can minimize or eliminate the potentially disfiguring effects of oral cancer and possibly save your life. Vizilite will be performed once a year at our office. Please call Faith for your next check up appt, and keep up to date on your ViziLite exam.

Lea Goldstein, C.D.A

Kenneth A. Mogell, D.M.D.