For the month of April, to participate in National Oral Cancer Awareness, Loza Dental Great Falls will provide free early detection screening to their community using an advanced device called the VELscope. The VELscope shines a safe blue light into the patient’s mouth. This harmless light shines into the tissue and penetrates to the level of the basal cells. This blue spectrum light utilizes a specialized filtering technology to help thoroughly evaluate the oral tissue for abnormal areas of concern; such as potentially cancerous lesions that may not be visible under white light. The VELscope Exam is painless, fast and effective.
*100 people in the United States will be newly diagnosed with an oral cancer everyday.
*70 percent of the time oral cancer is not visible until it has reached an advanced stage.
*1 person every hour of everyday will die from oral cancer.
*Studies at Johns Hopkins University suggest a strong link
between the Human Papilloma Virus and oral cancer.
*The death rate from oral cancer is twice that of cervical cancer.
*The death rate from oral cancer has stayed the same for over 40 years.
*As with all forms of cancer the earlier it is detected the better the patient’s chances are of surviving.
Call Loza Dental at 703-759-3011 and ask for the VELscope Exam. Visit www.lozadentalgreatfalls.com.