A considerable proportion of oral cancer and precancer is not clinically apparent and could contribute significantly to the late diagnosis and high mortality of oral cancer. A simple method to identify such occult change is needed.
Patients in the Oral Dysplasia Clinics at British Columbiaare currently being examined with a simple hand-helddevice that permits the direct visualization of alterations to autofluorescence in the oral cavity. Tissue showing loss of autofluorescence is biopsied.

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Catherine F. Poh, DDS, PhD
Samson P. Ng, DMD, MSc
P. Michele Williams, DMD
Lewei Zhang, DDS, PhD
Denise M. Laronde, RDH, MSc
Pierre Lane, PhD
Calum MacAulay, PhD
Miriam P. Rosin, PhD1