First of all, thanks to all for your kind words.

August, as far as the screening last year, it was done at the ACS Relay For Life and they provided a table and tent for us. OCF provided two great banners, which Brian sent to us to use. If you would like, I can email you some pohotos from that day.

We had a portable dental chair which made the examinations easy to do. We used "cyclops" head lights. I've been to an event where directors chairs were used, but they are difficult. I supplied the gloves, gauze pads, tongue depressors, mirrors etc. needed to do the exams.

The screenings were done by two of the hygienists and by me and one of the other dentists in my practice.

We had numerous brochures about oral cancer, many of which were provided by OCF. There also was a release form that everyone had to sign before being examined. Brian also provided the copy for this.

As far as referring was concerned, the plan was to have the patients see their regular dentist if they had one and get a referral to an ENT or Oral Surgeon. We did not want to step on anyones toes in this area. If the patient asked or didn't have a dentist, we would refer to either our oral surgeon or to the ENT that I use.

We did not find any suspicious areas, but the turnout was very small due the the incessant rain that day.

We are already in the planning stages for the next Relay this coming June.

If you click on this link http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/gallery/index.html you can see photos from last year's NYC Walk. The first picture is of three OCF members: Left to right, Sheldon Sax, Barbara Boland and Yours Truly. #46 is the three of us again with my wife, Marilyn. Other pictures show some from the screening area.

Hope this helps. Let me know if there is anything else you need.

Jerry