The same virus, HPV, that causes cervical cancer is now the leading cause of oral and throat cancer.
Studies now show an increased link between abnormal pap smears and oral cancer. Because of your OB/GYN’s concern of your increased risk associated with HPV, it is recommended that you get a thorough Oral Health Examination by a ✅ Certified Oral Screening Specialist (COSS).
The VELscope’s safe and painless blue light stimulates natural fluorescence in the soft tissues of your mouth.
Natural fluorescence, seen through the VELscope, allows specialists to see diseases not visible with the naked eye.
The VELscope is a tool for the early discovery of oral disease, including precancer and cancer. Found early, oral cancer’s 5-year survival rate is 83% vs. 32%.
The WHO and ADA recommends that you have a thorough oral cancer exam annually.
A VELscope® ✅ Certified Oral Screening Specialist (COSS) will be able to catch it early on and start treatment immediately. Don't wait - schedule your VELscope® Oral Health Examination today!
Since the introduction of the original VELscope® system in 2006, over 50 million VELscope® exams have been performed by more than 20,000 healthcare professionals in 23 countries.
VELscope® is intended to be used as an adjunct to traditional oral examination by incandescent light to enhance the visualization of oral mucosal abnormalities that may not be apparent or visible to the unassisted eye. VELscope® is further intended to be used by an oral surgeon to help identify diseased tissue around a clinically apparent lesion and thus aid in determining the appropriate margin for surgical excision.
If discovered early, the 5-year survival rate increases to over 80%. This year, nearly 54,000 people will be diagnosed with oral or oropharyngeal cancers in USA. Early detection is the key.
Often generally referred to "oral cancer", oral and oropharyngeal cancers are any cancer that forms in the mouth, lips, cheeks, gums, tongue, hard palate, tonsils and throat.
In many cases, oral or oropharyngeal cancers are not diagnosed until they present themselves in an advanced stage, or have metastasized to another part of the body such as the lymph nodes of the neck. In fact, the 5-year survival rate is just over 50%.
An oral cancer screening is precautionary, not diagnostic. It's imperative to keep up with dental and dental hygiene appointments, especially if you have risk factors for developing oral cancer.
The VELscope®️ Vx scope is used by the practitioner to emit specific wavelengths of blue-spectrum light into a patient's mouth and upper throat. In many cases, they can identify structural and/or chemical abnormalities that would have gone unnoticed by the naked eye.
Human Papilloma Virus is the fastest growing cause of oropharyngeal cancers. In early stages, warning signs and symptoms can be so subtle that most people are unaware of them.
How many little sores do we find in our mouths? Dozens? Hundreds? More? Most of the time we ignore them, and they simply go away.
