Introduction
Someone loses their life to oral cancer every hour of every day in the United States. Oral cancer is a common form of cancer in America, with over 30,000 patients diagnosed each year, and is blamed for 8,000 deaths annually; there is only a 30% 5-year survival rate. This figure may be because of the lack of early detection, but the survival rate is up to 90% when the diagnosis is made while the patient is still Stage I. The disappointing fact is that the survival rate for oral cancer has not improved in the past 50 years, perhaps because there have not been any major changes in the screening process