Oral Fluorescence Imaging Using 405-nm Excitation, Aiding the Discrimination of Cancers and Precancers by Identifying Changes in Collagen and Elastic Breakdown and Neovascularization in the Underlying Stroma

Imaging at 405 nm could help doctors detect precancerous and cancerous oral lesions. Such imaging could be used by dentists, family practitioners, otorhinolaryngologists, general surgeons, obstetrician gynecologists, and internists, and could greatly increase the number of patients who have lesions detected in the precancerous phase.