Late to the party as usual, I will add my two cents as well. I use my background as a dental hygienist, oral cancer survivor and dental practice management consultant to educate dentists and hygienists on the necessity of early detection, their obligation to be doing thorough oral cancer screenings on every patient, and the realities of who is getting oral cancer today. My experience as a dental professional and oral cancer survivor gives me credibility with the dentists and hygienists and most of them have their eyes very widely opened when I speak. I educate then about how to do a proper head and neck exam, a thorough oral cancer exam, about how both ViziLite and VELscope work, and how to integrate one of those technologies into their practices, not as a profit center, but as an adjunctive screening tool that may increase the odds of finding precancerous and early cancerous lesions.

When I speak, I am not paid. The only time I was paid, I donated the money to OCF ($580 to the walk in New York). I have several speaking dates scheduled and I will post them so anyone who wants to let their dentist know about them can do that, if Brian says it is okay. My goal is to make a real difference in the five year survival rate for this disease, so if I have to do it by training one dentist at a time, I will do it.

I am serious about this commitment.

Barb