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Prevention
Dental Examination | Oral Cancer | Tooth Grinding
Dental Sealants | Fluoride | Bad Breath | Home Care
Oral Cancer
Detection
 Oral Cancer! You don’t hear too much about oral cancer, but one person dies every hour from oral cancer in the United States. Alarmingly, more than 25% of oral cancer victims have no lifestyle risk factors. Any adult over 18 years of age is at risk. People 40 years or older who use tobacco are at high risk (including smokeless tobacco). The highest risk group is over 40 years of age associated with tobacco use and alcohol consumption.
As with any cancer, early detection is the key. Conventional cancer detections have always been via manual and visual exams. Oral cancer death rates have not changed in 40 years. In fact, it has even increased slightly because a visual exam was the only means of detection until now. By the time it becomes obviously visible, it may have progressed to the point of requiring disfiguring surgery and survival rates are low.
Dr. Steven Hutt and his team are proud to be one of the first offices to offer the Vizilite Plus early detection system for oral cancer. It helps you see what your eyes alone can not. Vizilite Plus is the only F.D.A. approved medical device for the identification of oral cancer abnormalities in patients at increased risk for oral cancer. When oral cancer is found at its earliest state it is 90% curable. Vizilite Plus is a chemiluminescent light source that is used following a mouth rinse that allows the dentist to improve the identification of lesions and uses a dye to mark the extent of the lesion. The American Cancer Society recommends that patients have a complete oral soft tissue examination at least once a year. According to the ADA over 25% of oral cancer occurs in people who do not smoke or have other risk factors. Using the Vizilite Plus along with standard oral cancer examinations improves the ability to identify suspicious areas at their earliest stages. Early detection of precancerous tissue can minimize or eliminate the potentially disfiguring effects of oral cancer and possibly save your life.
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