Preventive Care

Oral Cancer is growing at an alarming rate - over 11% in 2007 the United States alone. The five-year mortality rate of Oral Cancer is higher than, cervical cancer and prostate cancer, and kills one person every hour of every day.

Why are we not speaking about it?
Why are we not screening for it at every visit?
Why are we not detecting it earlier - when the cure rates are 80-90 percent?

Because the signs and symptoms of oral cancer are often missed by the naked eye.

With the Identafi® system, we can easily identify biochemical and morphological changes in cells of the mouth, throat, tongue and tonsils.

The portable handheld device, which incorporates the latest in high-speed, high-resolution optical processing technologies, leverages research from scientists at The University of Texas, Rice University, and British Columbia Cancer Research Centre in Vancouver, Canada.