Just a note: The Visilite finds ANY abnormality in the mouth, that means the 97 +% of them that are benign like a canker sore, a pizza burn on your tongue, a cheek bite, and on and on and on. (The ratio of non maliganant to malignant abnormalities is extraordinary) Please note that this device is a discovery device not a diagnostic device. But its shortcoming is that it finds anything....... As to insurance companies paying for the exam, in the world of dental insurance it so far is only being covered in a very limited area (great lakes region) by one company, Delta Dental. If it makes dentists more interested in doing the exams, it gets my vote, but as a device that truly is some kind of major break through, it is not. The main objection by the dental community in the last three years of Zila trying to market the disposable light has been that the cost per patient is too high, it is not covered by insurance, and many think that it does not offer significant advantages over a normal visual exam. The issue is to get this group of individuals to just do any kind of proper exam, special light or not. The hygiene community is rapidly identifying itself as the group most likely to be the ones that find

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.