Rudd M, Eversole R, Carpenter W
University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco, USA.
Gen Dent. 2001 Mar-Apr;49(2):206-9.
Dentists can quickly determine the vascular nature of many intraoral lesions by applying a clinical test for blanchability. Such a clinical test is called a diascopy. Described here are the circumstances in which diascopy can be used in a dental practice and what useful information is provided by performing diascopy on oral mucosal lesions.
