Video: Head & Neck Exam

Two detailed videos of an intra/extra oral exam are available free of charge.

  • Refresh and build your skill at detecting suspicious lumps and lesions.
  • Use as in-service training in your office.

Videos

These videos are provided as a resource for your professional development. It is not a continuing education course for credit.

Oral Cancer Screening Video
by Dr. Nelson Rhodus, D.D.S., M.P.H., The University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
23:00 running time

Head, Neck and Oral Cancer Examination
by Michael Siegel DDS, Valerie Murrah DMD, and Domenic Aloise
40:00 running time
This also covers basic cancer statistics and taking a pertinent medical history.
If you have difficulty downloading due to it’s large file size, request a FREE copy on DVD.
Contact: meplibrary@aamc.org

Staff Party Idea

  • Show a head and neck exam video, and practice on each other.
  • Bring Eva Grayzel to speak to your staff with her program entitled: Sink Your Teeth Into Saving a Life: A Story NOT Silenced By Oral Cancer. This program would be appropriate for the entire staff as well as spouses. Contact Eva at Eva@sixStepScreening.org

Other Resources

AAOM Clinician’s Guide by A. Ross Kerr, David Lederman, Hillel Ephros. A concise way to acquire education on early detection of oral cancer. Includes detailed photographs.

Issue of the OMS Clinics of North America, guest edited by Hillel Ephros, DMD, MD. Contributions from many dental practitioners on psychological issues. Includes a chapter by Albert Wu and Johns Hopkins associates about how to talk with patients and families when adverse outcomes occur.

For more information visit the Oral Cancer Foundation.

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