I agree with you both. I want a dentist to recognize that something is amiss. I see him every 6 months, and he's looking around in the right spot. I want an oral surgeon, a periodontist, or and ENT to biopsy the area and tell me if it is cancer or not. Then I want a team of oncologists of various disciplines, surgery, radiation, chemo etc. to hopefully cure me. After it all that, if there is any reconstructive work to be done, I want a prosthodontist to replace that missing chewing power. That is my idea situation. In this world it doesn't happen that way often, and that is the problem.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.