Free Oral Cancer Screening
Regular oral checkups and soft tissue screening could help to identify oral changes leading to cancers and other systemic illnesses. Even a discolouration can be identified earlier could save a person’s life. Free Oral Cancer screening encourages oral checkups for prevention and early detection.
Why this Free Oral Cancer Screening project?
Since Time factor, as well as financial insecurity, restricts them from seeking preventive measures, it would be an ideal support for the families to come up with an early screening of various disease conditions of the human body.
Historically the primary risk factors for oral cancer included tobacco use, frequent and/or excessive alcohol consumption, a compromised immune system. And past history of cancer, with a high percentage of victims being males over the age of 40.
Objectives
Benefits of Early Detection
According to the SEER database:
Oral Squamous Cell Carcinomas (OSCC)
In short, OSCC make up over 90% of all oral cancers:
The HPV Connection
In recent years, younger males, as well as females, have accounted for an increasing percentage of oral cancer victims.
One type of HPV — the HPV-16 strain — is the leading cause of oropharyngeal cancer, the fastest-growing type of head and neck cancer. HPV is also the leading cause of cervical cancer, and it can cause vaginal, penile and vulvar cancer as well as genital warts.
About 20 million Americans currently have an HPV infection. According to the CDC, an estimated:
Method of Implementation:
A Simple Process for the Visualization of Oral Abnormalities
An Enhanced Oral Assessment System, which centers on a wireless, handheld scope that uses natural tissue fluorescence visualization to help clinicians see oral mucosal abnormalities that might otherwise have been overlooked.
Upon Discovering an Abnormality:
The following steps will provide the best course of action for patients: