Oral Cancer Screening

What you should know about oral cancer:

  • Oral cancer has three times as many victims as cervical cancer.
  • One person in North America dies of oral cancer every hour of every day.
  • The biggest growth in oral cancer is among nonsmokers and the main cause is HPVLink points to external site (human papillomaviruses).
  • When caught early (at or before Stage 1), the survival rate is over 90%.

Dr. LaTocha's office has invested in the state-of-the-art VELscope®Link points to external site system for early detection of oral cancers. Call us today at (231) 436-7400 to schedule your simple, painless, and inexpensive oral cancer examination.

VELscope machine

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How does VELscope® work?

VELscope shines a special blue light inside your mouth. Normal tissue reflects the light back in a bright, apple-green shade. Cancerous tissue, on the other hand, appears dark and easily noticeable. Even when no abnormal tissue is visible under white light, VELscope's light makes the cancerous tissue visible to the examiner's eye.

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