The VELscope is normally used to harden the material that fills cavities. It emits a bright blue light. Come on, admit you know what I’m talking about. You’ve had at least one cavity, right?
John C. Comisi, DDS, FAGD, author of a study in the September/October 2008 issue of General Dentistry, discovered that the blue light emitted from a VELscope detects cancerous oral tissue through oral fluorescence!
When the VELscope shines on healthy cells, they will appear green in color, but damaged cells will look black (that is, they aren’t producing natural fluorescence).
All this oral fluorescence stuff sounds fun, but oral cancer …read more