Oral Cancer Screening is an important tool in determining your overall dental health. We use visual and tactile inspection at every examination to check your skin and underlying muscles and connective tissue, lymph nodes and glands of your face, head and neck as part of an extraoral examination, then the same visual and tactile inspection of the soft and hard tissues inside your mouth. For patients with habits such as tobacco and alcohol use that place them at higher risk we also offer a form of inspection with a special wavelength light that can help identify abnormal tissues that may require biopsy and further evaluation. As with other forms of dental disease, oral cancer is best treated when identified early.