Dr. Maron's dental office

• VELscope^® Vx Handpiece—We use this FDA-approved hand-held device during our routine hygiene checkups to inspect your mouth and tongue for oral tissue abnormalities, including cancer and pre-cancer. The VELscope emits a safe, bright blue light that causes soft tissue of the mouth to naturally fluoresce. Healthy tissue glows in distinct patterns that may be visibly disrupted when tissue undergoes an abnormal change as it does in oral cancer. When discovered early, the 5-year survival rate for oral cancer patients is about 83 percent. Unfortunately, most cases of oral cancer are discovered in late stages, when the five-year survival rate drops to around 50 percent.