Assess individual risks

  Posted by: Dental Design      5th March 2024

Lifestyle factors can have a big impact on patients’ risk of developing mouth cancer. As such it’s important to have open conversations with patients about risk factors, and conduct regular oral examinations to check for symptoms.

The BeVigilant™ OraFusion™ system from Vigilant Biosciences^® enables clinicians to easily test patients’ saliva when they spot an unusual lesion. The system checks for mouth cancer biomarkers and produces a result in just 15 minutes.

A German study[i] reveals that clinicians also use the system to test patients who they deem to be at a heightened risk of mouth cancer, due to use of alcohol and tobacco, as a tool to encourage behaviour changes. The system also provides a baseline test result for patients.

To find out more, please contact the team.

For more information, please visit https://totaltmj.co.uk/products/bevigilant-orafusion/

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[i] DH Sabine Hiemer, Dresden. Wie bedeutsam ist Mundhöhlenkrebs-Prävention? www.dentalspiegel.de 10/2023