Introduction In recent decades, optical techniques utilising the principles of
chemiluminescence and tissue autofluorescence have emerged to facilitate the early …

Oral cancer is a significant health problem in the USA and throughout the world. Most oral
cancer patients are diagnosed at a late stage, when treatment is less successful and …

Objectives To understand how people value information from diagnostic technologies, we
reviewed and analyzed published willingness-to-pay (WTP) studies on the topic. Methods …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine dental hygienists' use of recommended
techniques to communicate science–based information for intervention and prevention of …

The development of the oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a multistep process that
requires the accumulation of multiple genetic alterations usually preceded by detectable …

Objectives Evidence on the awareness and knowledge level of oral cancer and its
associated risk factors among dental hygienists is scarce; this systematic review aimed to …

Purpose: This study compared the effectiveness of the VELscope® Vx versus visual and
tactile intraoral examination in detecting oral lesions in an adult, high risk population …

Purpose: To assess dental hygienists' knowledge of early-stage oral cancer lesions and
their practices, attitudes, barriers, and facilitators related to early detection. Methods: A 20 …

Aim: To compare the level of diagnostic coincidence between classical (standard) method
and VELscope and ViziLite Plus systems in the diagnosis of different oral lesions. Material …

In 1997, the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) House of Delegates approved
a policy supporting that dental hygienists should adopt an evidence-based philosophy of …