Oral Cancer & Tissue Assessment Aid – Velscope Light
Oral Cancer & Tissue Assessment In Charlotte
Preventative dentistry begins with you. Get your oral cancer screening today.
Our Dental Practice Utilizes The State-of-the-Art VELscope® System.
At Charlotte Progressive Dentistry, we’ve invested in the VELscope® System as part of our visual oral cancer examination. This system allows our staff to discover potentially dangerous tissue and is completely pain-free. With the incidence of oral cancer continuing to grow, it’s important for adults to receive a cancer screening at least once a year. If you’re interested in learning more about our oral cancer and tissue assessment services, contact our dental team today.
Why Charlotte Progressive Dentistry?
- We specialize in oral cancer & tissue assessments
- Our team stays on top of the latest dentistry developments
- We work with an array of insurance providers
- We’re always accepting new patients
- Our dentists are dedicated to your oral health & wellness
Oral Cancer & Tissue Assessment Aid – Velscope Light
Preventative dentistry begins with general dental services, such as screening for oral cancer.
What every person should know about oral cancer:
- Oral cancer has three times as many victims as cervical cancer.
- One person dies of oral cancer every hour of every day.
- The incidence of oral cancer is growing.
- The biggest growth in oral cancer is among young nonsmokers, and oral cancer is now linked to HPV.
- When oral cancer is discovered in the early stages, the survival rate is very high, but when discovered late (which is normally the case), the survival rate is very low.
- Health experts recommend that all adults receive annual oral cancer screenings.
Because of this risk to your health, our practice has recently invested in a state-of-the-art VELscope® system. As part of our visual oral cancer examination, it can help us discover potentially dangerous tissue that we might otherwise miss. Of course, the odds are that we won’t find anything that concerns us. But if we do, the VELscope device will increase our odds of finding it early rather than late. An oral cancer examination with a VELscope screening takes very little time, involves no pain or inconvenience, and is very affordable. So let’s plan to make this part of your next hygiene appointment.
There is a suspicious dark area on the roof of the mouth.
We realize that dental insurance many times will not cover this exam. However, it is so important that we have decreased the cost to make it very affordable for anyone.
Using the Velscope is a tool to help us identify suspicious areas, but it will not give us a definitive diagnosis. Your Doctor may decide to refer you to our team of Oral Surgeons for biopsy.