GARRETT B. LYONS D.d.S., P.A
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Cosmetic
    • Dental Crowns
    • Dental Implants
    • Durathin Veneers
    • Porcelain Veneers
    • Teeth Whitening
  • Family & General
    • Sleep Apnea
    • TMJ Treatment
  • Patients
    • Medical Forms & Financing
    • A Word from our Patients
  • Press
  • Contact Us

Components of an Oral Cancer Examination

11/10/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
  1. Extraoral examination
    • Inspect head and neck (including backside).
    • Palpate lymph nodes and salivary glands bimanually.
  2. Lip
    • Inspect head and neck (including backside).
    • Inspect and palpate labial mucosa, both upper and lower lips.
  3. Buccal mucosa
    • Inspect and palpate inner cheek lining.
  4. Alveolar ridge and gingiva
    • Inspect maxillary/mandibular gingiva and alveolar ridges on both the buccal and lingual sides.
  5. Tongue
    • Have patient protrude tongue, and inspect the dorsal surface.
    • Have patient lift tongue, and inspect ventral surface.
    • While grasping tongue with a piece of gauze and gently pulling it out to each side, inspect the lateral borders of the tongue from its tip back to the lingual tonsil region.
    • Palpate tongue.
  6. Floor of the mouth
    • Inspect and palpate floor of mouth bimanually.
  7. Hard palate
    • Inspect and palpate hard palate.
    • Palpate for any lumps.
  8. Soft palate and oropharynx
    • Gently depress the patient's tongue with a mouth mirror, and inspect the soft palate and oropharynx.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    ABOUT DR. LYONS

    Dr. Garrett Lyons, Jr. attended Georgetown University School of Dentistry where he was President of the 1985 graduating class and received the Pierre Fauchard Award for Leadership. He was previously President of the Delaware State Dental Society, and currently, Dr. Lyons, Jr. is a member of the ADA, AGD, and a fellow at the American Society of Dental Aesthetics, Crown Council, and an accredited member of the AACD where he served on the Board of Directors from 1995 - 1999. He was the chairperson of the Public Relations Committee in 1994, and a member of the Board of Governors, as well as as well as an accreditation examiner, for the AACD. Dr Lyons, Jr. is also an active member of the Academy of Osseointegration. 
    Dr. Lyons, Jr. is married and has five children: Garrett, Meghan, Faith, Patrick, and Jane. His wife Patricia is a practicing attorney, who also participates in the management of their dental practice in Montchanin.

    Archives

    November 2014

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Copyright © 2023 Garrett B. Lyons D.D.S., P.A., All rights reserved.
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Cosmetic
    • Dental Crowns
    • Dental Implants
    • Durathin Veneers
    • Porcelain Veneers
    • Teeth Whitening
  • Family & General
    • Sleep Apnea
    • TMJ Treatment
  • Patients
    • Medical Forms & Financing
    • A Word from our Patients
  • Press
  • Contact Us