"Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 837 | Lisa,
My oral surgeon had something like that -- I think it was toluidine blue (turns your entire mouth blue until you can get home and brush your teeth thoroughly). It doesn't replace a biopsy, but it can show where some potential problems might exist.
Cathy
Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989
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