Abstract
Article Title and Bibliographic Information Influence of fluorescence on screening decisions for oral mucosal lesions in community dental practices. Laronde DM, Williams PM, Hislop TG, Poh C, Ng S, Bajdik C, Zhang L, MacAulay C, Rosin MP. J Oral Pathol Med 43(1):7-13. Reviewer Lauren L. Patton, DDS Purpose/Question The purpose was to determine the utility of a hand-held device measuring direct fluorescence visualization (FV) used by trained community dental practitioners as an aid in decision-making during clinical evaluation for cancer and other oral lesions and to test the hypothesis that FV is useful in facilitating the clinical decision to refer forward suspect lesions. Source of Funding This investigation was supported by USPHS grants R01DE13124 and R01DE17013 from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA, and a Senior Graduate Studentship from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research/BC Cancer Foundation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Type of Study/Design Cohort study Level of Evidence Level 2: Limited-quality, patient-oriented evidence Strength of Recommendation Grade Not applicable
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