Early detection of oral cancer: Duties of a dental surgeon

Dental surgeons are the people who examine the oral cavity most frequently. Unfortunately, due to lack of knowledge and training, structures other than teeth are missed for proper examination. A large chunk of patients is still diagnosed in late stage of cancer when prognosis is poor. For provisiona...

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Published in:Journal of Advanced Clinical and Research Insights 2015, Vol.2 (1), p.44-45
Main Authors: Tripathi, Nidhi, Pathak, Sanyog
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dentists
Head & neck cancer
Medical prognosis
Medical screening
Oral cancer
Patients
Surgeons
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Summary:Dental surgeons are the people who examine the oral cavity most frequently. Unfortunately, due to lack of knowledge and training, structures other than teeth are missed for proper examination. A large chunk of patients is still diagnosed in late stage of cancer when prognosis is poor. For provisional diagnosis and referral, visual examination by an expert dentist is sufficient. We, being stomatologists, can make a difference if little bit time is spent and responsibility is shown from our side. As we all know, expertise is acquired through imparting knowledge to budding dental graduates and training them to spot even the slightest changes in the epithelium. In this article, we would like to emphasize on the same.
ISSN:2393-8625
2393-8625
DOI:10.15713/ins.jcri.42