"There is NO EVIDENCE of what Gary states related to locations for oral cancer to occur and to whom it is visible." And where did I make that statement in this thread?

If visualization is that obvious then why bother with scopes or mirrors?!?!

I know from personal experience that the visual exam I get from my hygenist consists of looking under my tongue. The tongue would have to be moved to the side with a tongue depressor to visualize the tonsils since they are jammed in by the side of the tongue and how do you visualize the base of the tongue in the dentists office? My H&N guy uses specialized heated mirrors for that purpose (and another un-named dentist here has expressed the same concerns to me - and he uses a VELscope too). I'm always willing to learn something new.

Sorry to hijack your thread Helen!