Early identification and proper evaluation of suspicious oral lesions offers the oral health
practitioner the opportunity to positively impact our patients' health. In this presentation, I will …

Introduction: Screening of suspicious oral precancerous lesions can aid in early detection of
oral cancer thus reducing the mortality and morbidity associated with this condition …

J Oral Pathol Med (2011) 40: 300–304 Introduction: The purpose of this study was to
evaluate the efficacy of the toluidine blue (TB) test as a diagnostic tool in the detection of …

Historically, the screening of patients for signs of oral cancer and precancerous lesions has
relied upon the conventional oral examination. A variety of commercial diagnostic aids and …

Patients and health care workers require continuing education to promote knowledge of the
signs, symptoms, and risk factors for oral cancer. This paper reviews the literature assessing …

Objective: Recent advances in techniques for detecting oral premalignant lesions and oral
squamous cell carcinoma have improved the chances of early diagnosis. Adjuncts for …

TBlue positive lesions, whether histologically benign or with dysplasia, predict molecular
change and behavior of oral premalignant lesions. TBlue may provide information regarding …

Objectives Accurate clinical identification of 'higher‐risk'oral premalignant lesions or 'higher‐
risk'areas within lesions is important. Assessment methods that predict their presence have …

Oral cancers form a significant portion of the cancer burden seen in our country. Typically,
they tend to be preceded by a premalignant state for a long time. This article discusses the …

Conventional oral exploration (visual and palpation examination) constitutes the current
gold standard for oral cancer screening, while biopsy and histopathological examination …